https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety Maya Mabry en-us 2022-09-02 15:36:55 UTC 2022-11-16 02:06:44 UTC hello@padlet.com mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2294720648 2022-09-13 16:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2294720648 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2294730058 2022-09-13 16:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2294730058 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2294861114 2022-09-13 17:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2294861114 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2294878718 When looking at grammatical structures that are prescriptively described as 'incorrect', I looked at the use of yes vs. no when answer a negative question. For example, when asking the question "You don't want a slice of pizza?" most would answer "no, I don't want a slice." In standard English, you would use 'No' coinciding with their negative statement while Japanese people will try to tell the questioner whether what they said is correct (Sora News 24). I chose this because, in other languages, such as Japanese, which my brother and mother speak, they typically use 'Yes'. When answering the same question would result in "Yes, I don't want a slice." They first agree with the previous statement then follow up with a negative statement. This often comes up when I am talking to them and there always needs to be a clarifying statement. I couldn't find any attitudes towards this grammatical difference and I assume it is because most people in the US use 'no' instead of 'yes' in these scenarios. I would say that the use of 'yes' is found in people with English as a second language whose native tongue has the opposite structure. Further, I didn't see any discussion of this difference resulting in any views of ignorance, rather just mild confusion. However, many believe that in English, no would be the correct word choice. I don't disagree with that, because I do think that saying 'yes' is confusing, but I believe this is because when learning English that is how I was taught. I don't see anyone advocating for a change, in the same way, that if I learned Japanese I would likely try to abide by their typical way of speaking. ]]> 2022-09-13 18:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2294878718 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2307107829 2022-09-21 15:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2307107829 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2307113332 2022-09-21 15:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2307113332 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2307138540 The Linguistic variable that I chose this time is ,what I believe is termed, aspectual. That is where one uses "to be" unconjugated explicitly or implicitly instead of the conjugated form of "to be" like am/are. The first example is from Foster the People's song "Pumped Up Kicks", they say "He be coming home late, and he's coming home late". This shows both variations: He be vs. He is. The second example of Lil Uzi Vert at the time 2:46, he says "We at Eliannte" instead of "we ARE at...". Grammatically, in standard English, using the conjugated form of "to be" would be considered correct and in professional settings, this would more commonly be used. Because of that aspectual speak can be associated with lower SES/educational backgrounded groups. Further, aspectual can be a part of African American Vernacular (AAVE) grammar, with its own set of rules. I chose to use this example because I noticed that many people around me and then myself started using aspectual grammar because of seeing it online. The social network, then the community of practice started including it which influenced the individual. I think that it is important to speak about this because some people view using AAVE as uneducated when it does have its own set of rules and is essentially a dialect. It has also become a large part of black culture and now that so many people are adopting it themselves, there is controversy around that. ]]> 2022-09-21 15:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2307138540 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2307138995 2022-09-21 15:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2307138995 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2314236613 "Better Ingredients. Better Pizza."]]> 2022-09-26 18:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2314236613 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2314238111 "eat fresh."]]> 2022-09-26 18:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2314238111 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2314256023 I found these specific advertisement examples online, but I chose Subway and Papa John's because they are popular fast food chains, so the majority of people have seen these slogans. Subway was the first company to come to mind when I was thinking of companies tailoring their advertisements because no fast food restaurant will have 'fresh' ingredients in the way that they are portraying. The intended effect of using adjectives like fresh or better ingredients is to make the food seem of higher quality than it is and therefore more appetizing. These signs are not only in commercials and other typical advertisements but also on their packaging and social media accounts. If you come in contact with these companies, their slogan is hard to miss. Even though there are fast food chains all around the country ('everyone' is targeted) lower SES communities have a higher density of fast food restaurants because they are inexpensive meals and usually these places are food scarce. I think that these companies are targeting poorer communities because perhaps they cannot afford 'fresh' produce or it's not as accessible where they live, so places like Subway could be a replacement--again they would want to dine there more. A place that is known to have fresh ingredients would not have to disclaim it as fast food restaurants do. While I don't believe their slogans change from place to place (especially because they are national brands) I do believe that having higher density fast food places are a contributing factor to their advertising.]]> 2022-09-26 19:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2314256023 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2328222917 2022-10-05 19:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2328222917 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2328249446 In this example, we see Carl Gallagher, from Shameless, speaking using AAVE and slang. I think that this exemplifies covert prestige because the use of AAVE and slang are non-standard variants but in a certain community of speech or "covert" group that has positive associations with the non-standard variants. In this case, in juvie, all the inmates spoke the same in order to maintain the status quo. We can see when Carl is in the courtroom, the other's reaction to him speaking aligns with people who don't have a positive association with these non-standard variants. Generally, these nonstandard variants are seen as uneducated, low SES, inappropriate, or rude. I think that it was used here to emphasize how Carl attempts to fit in with certain groups of people, and even at one point sees someone else and imagines that is him. I think it also shows both the view of Carl being seen as 'cool' and fitting in vs. rude and inappropriate. I mainly chose this because I have watched a couple seasons of Shameless, and I think the use of AAVE in popular culture is the most prominent use of covert prestige.]]> 2022-10-05 20:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2328249446 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2348298545 I chose the Greeting topic. So far I have about 25 tokens, so I am slightly behind. I have club activities including fundraising coming up, and essentially I think I can use that time to record a variety of people's responses in saying hi when they come up. I am also planning to reach out to friends vs. family vs. acquaintances via the phone to see some formality differences. ]]> 2022-10-20 03:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2348298545 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2358374256 So far I've collected 96 tokens, which is a little far from the goal, but I know that I will see many this weekend where I can finish collecting tokens, but it will be a lot of people from the same age range.]]> 2022-10-27 03:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2358374256 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2367482109 2022-11-02 23:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2367482109 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2367482389 2022-11-02 23:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2367482389 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2367490911 I chose the NBC article because overuse of saying sorry is something that I have noticed in my own vocabulary and many of my friends. Given my own experience, I was easily accepting toward this view without as much quantitative evidence of women overusing "I'm Sorry". I chose the BPS article because I liked the specific examples that it gave. In the BPS article, it gave many examples of conversations between men and women that highlighted different aspects of the way they communicated. There was a tendency for men to begin speaking before women and interrupt them more readily. I think that this aligns more with Lakoff's dominance model which is how women communicate in a way that maintains their inferior position that has been established in society. Aspects of it include women using more intensifiers, tag questions, and overall being more polite. With this in mind, I think that that saying sorry could demonstrate Lakoff's dominance model as well in terms of saying sorry even when unnecessary (or men not saying it when women might deem it necessary). Tannen's difference model is more so that men and women just speak differently in the same way that people from different racial groups may speak differently. The way that both articles explained themselves makes me lean toward viewing how women's speak through Lakoff's lens of a women's register. ]]> 2022-11-02 23:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2367490911 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2385806077 2022-11-16 01:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2385806077 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2385806309 2022-11-16 01:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2385806309 mam10023 https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2385836231 In the tweet from Cher, she used 3 emojis: 😥👇🏻📱. I think that these all serve different purposes. The 😥 emoji has an expressive purpose which shows that she is sad. The 👇🏻 emoji has a referential purpose as it conveys information about what she is telling people to look at. Specifically, she is pointing to the article she linked below. The 📱 emoji has the directive purpose of telling people that they should call that number. Even without saying 'call', Cher would have gotten her message across due to the emoji. I chose this tweet specifically because I thought it was interesting how explicit the differences in the purpose of each emoji were and that they were all a single tweet. I also included a conversation between me and my mom about my calculus homework where she used the emoji 😳 expressively to show that she is shocked (... that I waited until the last minute to do my homework). I wanted to include this because looking at my messages on Twitter I noticed that directive emojis were typically accompanied by words that had the same meaning; the emojis were usually not stand-alone trying to give a direction. Similarly, the referential emojis were usually tied to the words being said. Meanwhile expressive could be used alone and have the same exact message, as seen in my mother's text, she didn't even use words to convey the message, only an emoji. I just thought that those observations were interesting. I think that my mother's use of emojis was very successful, and I use it in the same way. In my opinion, emojis (or emoticons) were made to express emotion as implied by the name which is why a stand-alone emoji is most successful when used expressively.]]> 2022-11-16 02:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mam10023/languageandsociety/wish/2385836231