PSYC 432 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Shaved Ice, African American Vernacular English, Back Vowel
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Back vowel dipthongs become fronted [led leid / net neit] Regional variation: the south geographical variation, social variation. Social variation: register [change language based on if its read speech, formal, or informal: formality, style. Socioeconomic status and linguistic prestige: higher socioeconomic status is identified as the standard form. But no variety is better than the other. Example: r pronunciation in new york (bill labov) careful way (second). R full vs. r less pronunciation: sample socioeconomic classes by department stores, focus: causal and anonymous speech: average normal way (first) vs. more. Gender variation: women often use standard varieties with more frequency than. Overt prestige: defined by the community at large: higher end dept. stores people used more (cid:498)r(cid:499) Covert prestige: related to membership in social groups, how to (cid:498)fit in(cid:499: trudgill study: women use (cid:498)running(cid:499) vs. runnin" more often than men. With coda: as far as the organized resistance is concerned .
