social groups Flashcards
social group definition
a collection of people that form a community over something that is shared throughout the members
who conceived communities of practice?
lave and wenger (1991)
what did lave and wenger find in 1991? communities offfff
communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly
polari
1950s 1960s british gay men used coded language that allowed them to publically speak about their sexuality
mackey et al (2000) findings homosexual and heterosexual relationships same way of speaking to one another
compared homosexual and heterosexual relationships and found attitudes didn’t differ along to lines of gender and sexual preference
what did mackey et al do in 2000 challenged intimate conversations females favouring
challenged that females favour intimate conversations by comparing heterosexual and homosexual couples
do speakers speak differently depending on their age ives 2014
found 100% of 63 teenagers from bradford said yes
eckert 1998 concept of age
chronological age: years since birth
biological age: physical maturity
social age: linked to life events such as marriage
teenspeak stenstrom 2014
- irregular turn taking
- overlaps
- slang
slang vs taboo
slang: informal more common in speech, typically restricted to a context or group of people
taboo: inappropriate, expletives, swear words
de klerk 2005 concludes that teenagers
- seek to establish new identities
- seek to be members of a distinctive social group
- seek to appear different
social class
membership depends on education, wealth, occupation, income, subculture and social networks
