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Who was the main linguist in this model?
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Jenny Chesire (1982) Reading Study, relationship between use of non-standard variables and adherence to peer group norms (in young children) |
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What did she identify? |
Identified 11 non-standard features and measured their frequency of use in boys and girls in a Reading playground, differentiating between those who approved or disapproved of minor criminal activities
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"They calls me names. " “You just has to do what the teacher says.” “You was with me, wasn’t you?” “It ain’t got no pedigree or nothing.” “I never went to school today.” “Are you the ones what hit him?” “I come down here yesterday.” “You ain’t no boss.” |
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What did she find? |
– All children who approved of peer group criminal activities were more likely to use non-standard forms, but boys more so.
– All children who disapproved of such activities use non-standard forms less frequently, but the difference between the groupings of girls was more stark. – Suggests that variation in dialect is a conscious choice, influenced by (declared) social attitude – Males are more susceptible to covert prestige, but social attitude is more of a determining factor than gender – A more negative attitude to the peer group’s criminal activities can be seen as aspirational, and therefore those children would be less susceptible to the covert prestige forms (and more susceptible to the overt prestige of standard forms) |
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What was her conclusion? |
Boys speech variation is governed by norms that are central boys speech, variation is governed b norms that are central to are central tot eh vernacular culture and transmitted through the peer group. Variation in the girl's speech, appearing to be more personal process, and less rigidly controlled by vernacular norms. |
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Which other linguist has attributed to this model? |
Hirschman (1973), who found that women tend to use fillers and pronouns (you, we, he). Men are more likely to challenge partners utterances, ignore what the partner has said. |
