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Language Diversity
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Basil Berstein
He used the terms ‘restricted’ and ‘elaborated’ codes to describe the differences between working-class and middle-class children’s spoken language.
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Argued that working-class children often did badly at school because they use restricted code at home. They have little understanding of elaborated code used by teachers who tend to be middle class.
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Milroy's Belfast study
Studied the language of working-class communities in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Found that people who lived and worked in tight ‘closed’ communities tended to use more non-standard forms.
The study demonstrates the importance of social networks within a social class and their influence on the way people use language in their speech communities
Emma Moore
Eden valley girls = most standard 'were' then geeks, then populars and townies = least standard
The girls were wealthier and the boys were more commonly seen to be more rebellious and lower class who were involved in antisocial behaviour
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'One of the most fundamental ways we have of establishing our identity, and of shaping other people’s views of who we are, is through the use of language' - Joanna Thornborrow