Language and social contexts
Explores how social contexts affect language use, based around the skills specified in the assessment objectives for AS and A2 Level English
1 online resource (99 pages) : illustrations
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Book Cover
Title
Contents
List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Skills and Concepts
Social Contexts and Conventions
Socialisation
Right and wrong/appropriate and inappropriate
Formality
Social contexts and speech
Transcripts and the Contexts of Speech
'Real' conversation/live data
Some things to consider when analysing speech
Transcripts
The importance of contextual information
Representation
Representation of older people
Representation of teenagers
Representation of young children
Social Topics. Introduction: the Role of Research
Your own research and ideas
Power
Power and domination
What do we mean by 'language and power'?
Socially recognised positions of power
Language and manipulation
Language, standards and power
Non-standard language and power
Identity: Gender
Ways of approaching 'gender' as a topic
Use of research ideas
Representation/stereotypes
The importance of context
Identity: Regional Talk
Dialects and boundaries
Representing regional talk
Regional talk and identity
Attitudes to regional talk
Suggestions for answer. Further reading
Glossary
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