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Peter Trudgill - Social Variation
Where and when did trudgill s stu...,
What were the three different lin...,
Give an example of h dropping
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Trudgill's Triangles - Social Variation
What do trudgill s triangles show,
What does the y axis show of thes...,
What does the x axis show of thes...
6
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Jennifer Cheshire - Social Variation (Networks)
Where and when did cheshire carry...,
How does her study differ from tr...,
What was cheshire s methodology
16
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Malcolm Petyt - Social Variation
Where and when did petyt s study ...,
What was the main linguistic vari...,
How did he divide up the differen...
11
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James and Lesley Milroy - Social Variation (Networks)
Where and when did this study tak...,
What were the three communities t...,
What were the social features of ...
16
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Social Network Approaches
What are the two different types ...,
What are common features of a clo...,
What are common features of a los...
8
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William Labov - Social Variation
Where and when did this study tak...,
What were the different places th...,
Who were the people he studied at...
16
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Slang
What term can be used to describe...,
What do modern linguists believe ...,
What sort of modes and forms does...
20
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Bernstein: Codes - Social Formation
What is the theory by bernstein,
What do these codes allow,
What orientation does restricted ...
20
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World Englishes - Theorists
Who are the three main theorists ...,
What does quirk believe,
What does bamgbose believe
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Language and Gender - The Four Models
What are the four models for lang...,
What are the models known as,
What are the two main questions t...
23
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Theorists for Language and Gender - Interruptions
Who did a study in 1975,
What did zimmerman and wests stud...,
What did zimmerman and wests stud...
17
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Theorists for Language and Gender - Verbosity
Who did a study in 1990,
What did herrings study look at,
What did herrings study find
10
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Theorists for Language and Gender - Minimal Responses + Backchanneling
Whos study has information on the...,
What did the study look at,
What did coates believe in womens...
6
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Theorists for Language and Gender - Hedging + Tag Questions
Who did a study in 1975,
What did lakoffs study look at,
What was a flaw in lakoffs study
25
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Theorists for Language and Gender - Commands and Directives
Who did a study in 1990,
What did wests study look at,
What did wests study find
9
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Theorists for Language and Gender - Compliments
Who did a study in 1988,
What did holmes study look at,
What did holmes study find
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Theorists for Language and Gender - Taboo Language
Who did a study in 1981,
What did gomms study look at,
What did gomms study find
10
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Lakoff's "Women's Language Features"
What is lakoffs belief about wome...,
What does lakoff believe about he...,
What are empty adjectives and wha...
20
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Estuary English - Regional Variation
When was the term estuary english...,
What sort of accent is it and whe...,
What accent is it very similar to
17
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Pidgins
What is a pidgin a combination of,
Why do pidgins exist,
What sort of circumstances do pid...
24
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Creoles
How do creoles form,
What does the lexis and grammar o...,
What is particular about differen...
14
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Typical Features of Pidgins and Creoles
Where is the lexis of pidgin lang...,
What are common lexifier languages,
Where is the grammar of pidgin la...
23
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Kachru's Circles
When was this model carried out,
What are the three circles that k...,
What countries are included in th...
26
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World Englishes - Features and Attitudes
What is the assumption of natives...,
How is english seen in the areas ...,
What is considered of colonialise...
15
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Regional Varieties Checklist
What phonological features do you...,
What do you need to look for in v...,
What do you need to look for in c...
23
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Conversation Theory
Who came up with the cooperative ...,
What are the cooperative principl...,
How did grice see the feature of ...
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Black British English, MEYD, London Jamaican
Why did london jamaican evolve,
Who did research into the london ...,
What did sebba describe the londo...
26
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Attitudes Towards Accents (Giles)
What were the three criteria whic...,
How many of these criteria do peo...,
What are the words that people us...
25
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Accommodation Theory
Who and when came up with this th...,
What does the theory suggest,
What does accommodation result in
16
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Dialects, Sociolects, Idiolects
What is a dialect,
How many dialects does each langu...,
Why are they called dialects and ...
24
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Dialect Levelling, Koineisation and Code Switching
What dialect is particularly usef...,
What is the general concept of di...,
Who did research supporting this ...
12
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Gender and Conversation
What is the common assumption of ...,
Who did research which suggests t...,
What did fisherman suggest on who...
14
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Male and Female Differences
What is the main difference in me...,
What have reachers found about me...,
What are two studies which show t...
22
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Occupational Dialects and Jargon
What are occupational dialects,
What do occupational dialects all...,
What do occupational dialects all...
17
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Anti-languages
Who came up with the concepts of ...,
How many features are there of an...,
What are anti languages
13
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Sociolinguistic Maturation
What is the concept of sociolingu...,
What is the age that sociolinguis...,
What happens after sociolinguisti...
7
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Sexuality and Language - Polari
Who did research into polari,
What did his research focus on,
Who was it predominantly used by ...
12
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Jamaican Creole
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Isoglosses and Dialect Boundaries
What is an isogloss,
What is an isophone,
What do isoglosses and isophones ...
12
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