Social Group

Question 1

Jenny Cheshire - Reading

Answer 1

All the children approving of criminal activities more likely use non standard forms. Non standard use thus conscious choices.

Question 2

Eckert age types?

Answer 2

Chronological - physical time being alive

Biological - maturity of body

Social - way someone has developed in society

Question 3

Vivian De Klerk

Answer 3

young people freedom to challenge linguistic forms, want to make new identity and as different from parents

Question 4

Milroy Belfast

Answer 4

Closed and open networks, closed ability to enforce linguistic norms, men more likely in closed networks and use more non standard; women in open and use less non standard.

Question 5

Labov’s martha’s vineyard

Answer 5

younger population used vowels used by Chilmark fishermen to diverge from the tourists: gain covert prestige.