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Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
MLE stands for
Multicultural Language English
Multicultural London English
Multi-Lingual English
Emma Lees
MLE has also been known as MEYD which stands for...
Multicultural English youth dialogue
Multi-lingual English youth dialect
Multicultural English young dialect
Multicultural English youth dialect
Whose research found that a variety of language is used by young people which they termed MLE?
Adam Fox
Sue Fox
Howard Giles
Sue Wolf
MLE is also known as "Jafaican" implying inauthentic mimicking of black origin language by white speakers
True
False
Select all the grammatical features of MLE
Reversal of H dropping
H dropping (eg house becoming ouse)
Th fronting (eg three becoming free)
Th stopping (eg thing becoming ting)
Non-standard pronoun ‘man’ instead of 1st or 2nd person pronouns
"Blud" is slang for
A Friend
A family member
A person you dislike
Blood
Which genre of music is said to be part of the spread of MLE?
Pop
R&B
Rap
Grime
What are "creps"?
A type of food
Female body part
Shoes
Jogging bottoms
What did Alistair Mcgowan suggest about the mouth movement of speakers of MLE?
Mouth movement is small and restricted
Mouth movement is big, wide and exaggerated
What are "batties"?
Old people
Glasses
Shoes
Low rise trousers
The word "bredrin" is derived from the word brethren meaning
Brother
Friend
Father
Christian
