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Age Graded Variation
The study of age in language
Question | Answer |
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What do we talk about when referring to register and levels of formality? | Our virtual wardrobe |
Define "Field, Mode & Manner" | Field meaning the topic of the subject, which massively influences the lexis, manner meaning the relationship between the speakers and mode meaning the distinction between spoken and written modes |
What is teen language described as? | Deficient |
Identify a type of person babies and young children tend to speak like | Their carers |
What is the use of non standard closely correlated with? | Perceived toughness |
Identify a type of person teenagers tend to speak like | Their peers |
What is the language of 30-50 year olds described as? | Professional |
Explain why the elderly (50+) aren't as professional sounding as they were when they were adults | They are usually retired from their jobs, so they don't need to use complicated terms anymore |
What does the language change in different age groups mark as? | The developmental and maturational stages in the individual's life |
Identify two references that are considered insulting in East Africa | Mothers and bodily fluids |
What is the percentage, according to Macaulay, of lower working class adults using the glottal stop, and what about middle middle class adults? | 90% lower, 10% middle |
Name the part of the brain that inhibits what you're saying | Frontal lobes |
What "lubricates the reel of social intercourse through compliments"? | Politeness |
Name two things that hate speech introduced | Anti Semitism and euphemisms |