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13 Cards in this Set
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Jean Aitchison |
Damp Spoon Syndrome- Lang changes because people are lazy Crumbling Castle View- Lang is like a castle that must be preserved, however a rigid system is not always better than a changing one Infectious Disease Assumption- Poor lang is caught from those around us- e.g pick it up to fit in |
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James Millroy |
Children can't speak or write properly anymore Written lang lacking proper grammar and spelling Spoken is lacking variety |
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Jean Aitcheson |
Lang is continually developing and not deteriorating because of generation change |
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Guy Deutscher |
Lang change not good- todays generations mean todays children can't speak properly Radical Prescriptivist- Lang getting more suited to the world we live in Creation led through destruction Arguing against crumbling castle Decay more easy to spot than lang renewal- gives negative perception |
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Peter Trudgill |
Women more status conscious- aware of social significance- try to speak better due to insecurity- teach children (cycle) Male WC speech- masculinity men aspire to- subconscious imitation of other men Lang changing all the time- not good or bad just inevitable Martha Vineyard |
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Lynn Truss |
Lang change is a bad thing and we should try to stop it- result of laziness |
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Labov |
Martha Vineyard- Subconsciously change our lang to fit with a group |
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Ray Harlow |
Some lang not good enough Messy in terms of forming words Not official in areas such as admin etc People disliked lang they saw as ugly |
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Suzanne Romaine |
Internal- Formation of new words and influence of dictionaries etc- inside the lang no external factors External- Changing social contexts- lang an ongoing process |
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Bex |
Generic Labels- Groups of texts that have similar features- genres change over time as society does 1) Change within genre- way the text is created 2) New sub-genres 3) New discourse- communities not in existing genres |
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Sharon Goodman |
Informalisation- break down barriers Letters culturally specific- e.g X- kiss, incorrect, un-named person, A-E- grades, P- parking |
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David Crystal |
Internet- E-mails have a sense of immediacy of reply- more significant than lexical informality Chatrooms- 'asynchronous'- postings on boards 'synchronous'- groups that chat in real time Face to face- if someone is silent their presence is still registered |
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David Mackinnon |
Attitudes people may have to language use- 1) Incorrect or correct 2) Pleasant or ugly 3) Socially acceptable or unacceptable 4) Morally acceptable or unacceptable 5) Appropriate/not in context 6) Useful or useless |
