Language Diversity - regional and social

What is Standard English?

• The form of English that is spoken by posh people

• The form of English that is only spoken in England

• The form of English that is understood by all speakers of the language

• The form of English that contains different regional variations

In 1909, Daniel Jones wrote a book on what is considered to be...

• the first comprehensive guide to grammar

• the first description of Received Pronunciation

• the first mapping of regional dialects

• the first full thesaurus dictionaru

Where is Received Pronunciation "received" from anyway?

• London

• Cardiff

• Belfast

• Edinburgh

Who is your favourite pair of teachers?

• Walker Pett

• Amos Timpson

• Ofori Zafar

• Chatterley Hawkes

What is a prescriptivist account of language?

• one which attempts to enforce how a language should be

• one which tries to show TV scripts before they're shown on TV

• one which shows how language is spoken day to day

• Something to do with doctors / pharmacists

the practice of alternating between two or more varieties of language in conversation is a description of ...?

• A strong regional identity (eg Scouse or Geordie)

• Code switching

• Mixed modality

• bilingualism

Alex Baratta continues Daniel Jones work with research into...?

• Grammar

• Spelling

• Gender studies

• Accent

Whose research showed that Standard English can be spoken in any accent, thus showing that accentism is beginning to fade

• Bernard Calf

• Bernard Lamb

• Bernard Piglet

• Bernard Foal

Working on numerous studies on how our social networks affect our Language, linguist Milroy's first name is...

• Margaret

• Mary

• Lesley

• Alice

What is NOT a metaphor that Jean Aitchison used to describe how people lament language change?

• Damp spoon

• Crumbling castle

• Infectious disease

• Mouldy bread