language, ethnicity and MLE

Question 1

What is nationality?

Answer 1

the status of belonging to a particular nation

Question 2

what is ethnicity?

Answer 2

a persons cultural identity refering to roots, family herritage or community

Question 3

Holmes 2013 view on ethnicity

Answer 3

speakers dont have to have extensive knowledge of their second language to claim their ethnic identity

Question 4

what was Gary Ives 2 studies

Answer 4

he focussed on the code switching among teenagers in bradford and london

in bradford he studied the use of 8 teenage boys examining their code switching between british and punjabi. they only used curse words in punjabi to create a sense of group identity.

Question 5

what is multicultural london english (MLE)?

Answer 5

A sociolect of london english which has emerged since the early 1980s because of high levels of immigration

Question 6

what are Kerswill, Cheshire and Fox 2008 views on MLE?

Answer 6

majority language speakers became the minority language speakers because of mass immigration.