LIN251H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Handshape, French Sign Language, Grammaticalization
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Recall the graph about the " at the end of words in faetar; specifically, with young females: The francoprovencal variant is used more by older people, especially men. The italian variant of the finalized vowel is used more by young females. Dependent variable: percentage of word without final vowels. Recall the graph regarding retention of francoproven al words by speakers between young and old, in toronto and faeto (1994): Dependent variables: percentage of use of fp words. Despite separation for 60 years between faetar speakers in faeto and toronto, the percentage stays between 50 and 63% Look at the class stratification: compare the men within each style column, then the women. Dependent variable: percentage of non-standard in variants. Lmc ruins stratification of men; the mmc hyper-corrects their speech. Independent variable: gender, speech formality, class: otherwise stratification is clean. Lmc male uses more in in formal speech than in casual speech. More careful styles increase use of standard variants.
