LIN256H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Rockabilly
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Slang: the use of a distinctive vocabulary, [these]terms become fashionable and serve as markers of in group membership and then quickly become outmoded in order to mark their users as outsiders . For example, macaulay found that 10 year old glaswegians" use of a stigmatized lower class variant were closer in the frequency to their age mates in a lower class. Between the ages of 10 and 15, middle class. This method was used in sankoff"s montreal survey: marche linguistique, common sense observation gives some people a greater opportunity in speaking the legitimized dialect, using standard prestigious variants. Age grading: age graded change is regular, predictable, and marks a developmental stage in the individuals" life. 10: ch lenition: the non standard / t /has the standard variant [t ], a voiceless palatal affricate, and the non standard variant [ ], a voiceless palatal fricative, jocks: generally refers to adolescents who center their lives around the school and its activities.