lexical atrittion

Question 1

what is lexical attrition?

Answer 1

when words from a region become less known and less frequently used til time until it dies out.

Question 2

what is active vocabulary?

Answer 2

the set of words and phrases that speakers still use

Question 3

what was Burbano Elzando’s 2001 lexical attrition findings?

Answer 3

he investigated the language use of highschool students ages 13-16 from gosforth in newcastle and castle view in sunderland

northeastern dialect had undergone lexical atrittion

older students knew more dialect words than the younger students

the girls knew more dialect words than the boys.

we are loosing dialect through younger generations. it is being watered down with every new generation.

Question 4

What is dialect leveling?

Answer 4

the movement toward a more national version of a language rather than regional varients (levelling out)

Question 5

what were peter trudgils 1982 reasoning for loss of dialect?

Answer 5

attrition of marked varients: meeting in the middle for understanding dropping dialect

geographical diffusion: when dialect spreads out from a dominant city centre and town/villages are also affected around the city.

Question 6

what are paul kershwils 2001 views on lexical attrition?

Answer 6

more people are coming from different areas of the country to find work in the city centres and the city is being influenced by the migrant’s dialect as there are lots from different areas.

Question 7

what is cockney rhyming slang?

Answer 7

was used as code in the criminal underground mainly in eastern london

e.g apples and pairs = stairs