LING 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Speech Community, Millennials
18 Feb 2017
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Lower working class grantee a sample that is properly balanced in each category isolate fa(cid:272)tors (cid:455)ou are looki(cid:374)g at (cid:894)the resear(cid:272)hers de(cid:272)ide (cid:449)hat issues to look at (cid:272)ould (cid:272)ause a(cid:374) issue) Best data for linguistic competence and variation is natural speech (the vernacular an individual speaks when they thinking no one is observing them functional speech) A person my behave can show respect for authority of lack thereof. Ex: tasker street vs tasker avenue (students looking how locals say street) Students pretended to be lost and asked locals where tasker avenue is and locals would respond tasker street. Particpant approach: observer becomes a part of the community (like anothropologist) long process. Interview: parts of the interview will become relatively natural. Analysis: percentage probability index mean scales: values on a scale 0 to 100 independent variables: Age (issue with age, difficult to quantify, what age do you determine old/young. Possible solutions: use life stages, generations (baby boomers, generation.
