Skip to main content

Ryan's Language Blog

Search This Blog

Links for Wider Reading

on May 21, 2018

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Gender interruption:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/18/why-do-people-interrupt-it-depends-on-whom-youre-talking-to

Language Change: misuse of language in advertising
https://www.theguardian.com/media/shortcuts/2018/may/14/smart-knows-thats-not-english-how-adland-took-a-mallet-to-the-language

Language Change: survival of OED
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2018/mar/16/inside-the-oed-can-the-worlds-biggest-dictionary-survive-the-internet-podcast

Sociolect: teen language
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/26/the-words-we-use-matter-just-ask-a-teenager

Sociolect (occupational), Taboo slang in workplace
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/nov/12/swear-by-it-why-bad-language-is-good-for-you

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular Posts

Deficit, Difference and Dominance Theory Models

Deficit Theory- Robin Lakoff Female speech highlight their relative powerlessness to men. Result of social expectation of female subordination to males The main ways this is shown is through: Hedges - 'I guess', 'I sort of' - MITIGATION NEGATIVE Polite forms - 'I’d really appreciate it if..' = hidden directives Tag questions = (Holmes, softening- mitigating) Emphasise via intensifiers like 'very' and 'so' - GOSSIP Empty adjectives- e.g. 'sweet', 'charming' Hypercorrect grammar and pronunciation -OVERT PRESTIGE vs COVERT PRESTIGE (men) Lack of a sense of humour Direct quotations- when referring to previous conversation - gossip Special lexicon- e.g. colour. E.g. ‘magenta’ Question intonation in declarative contexts – this is seeking approval when making a statement and using uncertain questions as answers. Women are more insecure than men about status = OVERT PRESTIGE, hypercorrect language to assert status ...

Accent, Dialect, Sociolect

Accent- first clue to our identity , enables social evaluation : Align ourselves with ingrained social stereotypes of accent John Honey "Does Accent Matter", exposes accent hierarchy Reflects status and social prestige of user Accent modification = identity dilution Accentism = social discrimination against a social group with accent/dialect 'Brummie' = connotations of NON-STANDARDNESS and lower socioeconomic status, lack of intelligence 1) Guardian Article- "Regional accents are losing the battle to Standard English" in educational and work environments Linguistic stigma attached to Northern accents Adversary to Received Pronunciation = embodiment of Standard English and linguistic prestige Introduced the North-South Divide: regional accent is stratified by social class North= working South = upper-middle Northern teachers forced to dilute identity: "standardise their English" (National Curriculum)...

Language and Gender Wider Reading

Daily Mail Article: · Students told to ‘ use gender-sensitive language, or lose marks’ on essays · University of Hull - encourages students NOT to use gender-offensive lang. such as ‘he’ or ‘she’ when describing someone who could be either gender → Rise in gender-neutral pronouns such as ‘ze’ , however, highly reputable institutions, such as Oxford University are not endorsers- unconventional; goes against tradition · Universities go against use of terms such as ‘manpower’ , ‘manmade’, and ‘mankind’ → All of these words sugg. male gender plays dominant role → Universities GO AGAINST Zimmerman and West’s Dominance Theory, and Lakoff’s Deficit → Modern values, political correctness= heavily based on equality ; juxtaposes with society at time theories were published- 1...

Powered by Blogger