UK Studies Non-UK Studies Theorists Dialect/Accent True or False
100
Norwich
Did Trudgill's 1974 study take place in Derby, Norwich, or Bristol?
100
New York
Which City did Labov conduct his 1972 Department store study in? New York, Los Angeles, Boston, or Philadelphia?
100
Tannem
Which Theorist was behind the difference theory?
100
London
What City is the Cockney Dialect from?
100
False
Labov's Study on cities took place in Boston.
200
No.
In Trudgill's 1974 study, were Women more likely to under-emphasise their use of standard English when compared to men?
200
Fishermen
What group of people were analysed in the Martha's vineyard study?
200
Labov
Which Theorist conducted studies about department stores and letter dropping?
200
The Geordie accent
Which accent is seen as the friendliest?
200
False
Martha's Vineyard residents spoke this way because they were isolated from the rest of the U.S., and developed their own way of speaking.
300
Protestants
Jim and Leslie Milroy Studied pronunciation features across a divided region of Norther Ireland amongst catholics and protestants. Which group had the enunciated pronunciation of the letter "A"
300
Cultural Identity and/or community
Why did the people of Martha's Vineyard maintain their unique way of speaking?
300
Jim and Leslie Milroy
Which theorists studied the pronunciation of the letter "A" in Protestant/Catholic communities in N. Ireland
300
Received Pronunciation
What dialect is also known as the "Queen's English"?
300
True
In Trudgill's study, People of lower socio economic status are more likely to use Non standard Linguistic variants.
400
19-25
In the Milroy study, how old were most of the participants who were noted to have the unique language feature?
400
Macy's
Labov Studied three department stores, Saks (High class) Macy's (Middle Class) and Klein's (Low Class) Which department store used the highest amount of upward shift (Being more formal) when asked to repeat?
400
Ellen Ryan
Which Theorist formed the Status vs. Solidarity theory?
Howard Giles, Paul Kerswill, or Ellen Ryan?
400
The Birmingham Accent
Which accent/dialect was seen as the least friendly
400
True
In The Milroy Study, Catholic women picked up Protestant ways of speaking when in areas where both communities were present.
500
Labov
Which theorist was Trudgill trying to prove the findings of during the 1974 study?
500
Letter R
In Labov's City study, in certain words the usage of either the letter W, R, L, or T was seen as formal, which letter was it?
500
Leslie Milroy
Which Theorist argued that increased geographical mobility would lead to the large scale disruption of close knit communities?
500
Being able to switch one's dialect freely
What is code switching?
500
False
Malcolm Petyt (1985) found that those who were of lower economic class, were seen as less likely to H-drop whilst speaking.






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