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A-Level AQA English Language Paper 2 - Language Diversity and Change

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Central Theme: Language Diversity and Change Main Branches and Key Points: Language Diversity Dialect Regional Dialects: Variations based on geographical regions (e.g., Scouse, Geordie, Cockney). Social Dialects: Variations based on social groups, including accent, idiolect, and sociolect. Key Scholars: Peter Trudgill, William Labov. Language and Social Groups Ethnicity: Influence of ethnic background on language use (e.g., Multicultural London English, British Black English). Key Scholars: John Pitts, Ben Rampton. Gender: Differences in language use between genders, examining theories like the Deficit, Dominance, and Difference models. Key Scholars: Deborah Tannen, Robin Lakoff. Age: How language changes across different age groups, focusing on teenage language and language of the elderly. Key Scholars: Jenny Cheshire. Occupation: Specialized language used in different professions (e.g., legal English, medical jargon). Key Scholars: Drew and Heritage. Language Change Historical Changes Periods: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English. Influences: Viking invasions, Norman conquest, Renaissance. Key Examples: The Great Vowel Shift. Key Scholars: David Crystal. Processes of Change Phonological Change: Changes in pronunciation. Lexical Change: Introduction of new words (borrowing, coinage, compounding). Semantic Change: Shifts in meaning (amelioration, pejoration, broadening, narrowing). Syntactic Change: Changes in sentence structure. Morphological Change: Changes in word formation. Key Scholars: Jean Aitchison. Reasons for Change Social Factors: Social interactions and norms. Technological Factors: Influence of digital communication. Political Factors: Impact of political events and policies. Economic Factors: Trade and globalization. Cultural Influences: Media, art, and cultural exchange. Attitudes to Change Prescriptivism vs. Descriptivism: Debate over language rules versus natural evolution. Language Decay vs. Language Evolution: Perspectives on whether language changes are negative or positive. Key Examples: Debates on text speak, formal versus informal language. Global English Spread of English Historical Spread: Colonization, trade routes. Modern Spread: Globalization, internet proliferation. Varieties of English World Englishes: Different varieties such as Indian English, Nigerian English. English as a Lingua Franca (ELF): Use of English as a common language among speakers of different native languages. Concepts: Kachru’s Circles of English (Inner, Outer, Expanding Circles), McArthur’s Circle of World English.

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Deficit
ROBIN LAKOFF O’BAR
Language
Genderlect
Language
Mainly her own views and opinion= no supporting evidence Study on
1975 Language and a Woman’s Place TRUDGILL Disagreed
Caused debate, manners were used rather than explicit language Norwich Theory of being fe
Different Features make woman’s language weak: Studied how speech varied pronunciation of the words 3 Pairs
Hedges with the suffix ‘-ing’ 1 = occup
Avoiding Taboo Lexis Saw whether there was a difference in non-standard 2 = simila
Empty Adjectives forms, class + gender correlation questions
Tag Questions Overt + Covert Prestige 3 = powe
Super-Polite Form Overt= expresses power + status, women demonstrate
Hyper-Correct Grammar + Punctuation ‘social power’
Apologising More Covert= used by men ‘laddish’, non-standard, taboo
Indirect Requests language
Speaking Less Frequently
Speaking in Italics



Gender

BEATTIE
Recorded 10 hours of tutorial discussion and some 557 interruptions
(compared with 55 recorded by Z + W)
Beattie found that women and men interrupted with more or less
ZIMME
CAMERON equal frequency - men interrupted more, but by a margin so slight as “Doing G
Sex Vs. Gender not to be statistically significant. - How a pe
CRITICISMS
Verbal Hygiene you might simply have one very voluble man in the study which has a
Sex Vs. Ge
How girls are expected to interact in society disproportionate effect on the total Sex establ
Expected to speak in a ‘clean + proper’ way also questions the meaning of interruptions and why they have to Research
reflect dominance
Challenges that there are differences in male + female speech Men are 9
Myth of Mars and Venus HOWEVE
More factors such as; gender, age, class and ethnicity are were igno
important
There are more similarities than there are differences

, SINCLAIR + COULTHARD
Created the IRF model
Initiation - teacher asks a question ‘ What is the
DREW + HERITAGE IRF model?’
Institutional talk Response - student responds ‘ Its a model FRENCH + RAVEN
Jargon = efficient displaying the structure of questions asked in a There are 5 bases of power which a person may have:
Goal orientation - Participants in workplace conversation often classroom’ Coercive- the power to force someone to do
focuses on specific tasks and goals Feedback - teacher provides feedback, can be something. Should they refuse, there would be some
Turn taking rules/restrictions - Some occupational contexts have positive or negative form of punishment
special turn taking rules eg. meetings and courtroom hearings Expert- knowledge and information which marks
Professional lexis - Some occupational contexts may require specialist them as someone with power
lexis for better understanding or effective communication Legitimate- genuine power because of position
Allowable contributions - Participants in workplace conversation may Reward- the ability to reward a subordinate for
be restricted as to what the are allowed to talk about complying
Power Asymmetry - Workplace interactions are often asymmetrical Referent- a good rapport or a mutual respect with
one speaker has more power or specialist knowledge than the other someone makes them want to comply
e.g. manager/employee doctor/patient
Structure - Some workplace interactions have specific structures e.g.
interviews and meetings

GRICE’S MAXIMS:
Grice stated that there was a 'cooperative principle' in which there are
Occupation
four maxims (rules) which conversation must have in order to be
HO
Wh
successful
pow
QUALITY - what is said must be truthful and accurate
QUANTITY - what is said must be the right length, not too long or short
RELEVANCE - what is said must be relevant
MANNER - what is said should be clear, and not ambiguous SWALES
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of people with a common goal/purpose who need language Ro
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SPOLSKY CRYSTAL Yo
Using jargon shows you are a part of a discourse community - Use of jargon is part of identity at work ne
however, not knowing it makes you feel like you don't belong 'M



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