All
of my respondents are White British apart from one who is Welsh. This implies
that the Welsh respondent’s attitude is different because they believe that
they are not part of Britain even though Wales is part of Britain. This
suggests that all of my respondents apart from one are of the same ethnicity.
From
my results, there were more male respondents than females. The majority of my
respondents are in the age group between 31-40 (8 people) with four people in
the 41-50 age range, two people in the 20-30 age range and the 51+. This shows
that my respondents are of a similar age group.
All
of my respondents have the roughly the same opinion on what the word ethnicity
meant as they thought it was to do with culture or origins. This same view on
the word could have been influenced by upbringing or education.
The overall opinion of my respondents was that they think
the use of Standard English has decreased, this could suggest that people in
society are not using the correct Standard English, as they are using
abbreviation of words or even using slang words. Some examples of the people
who said yes, expressed their view by saying “Yes due to the culture of
technology and social networking”, “Yes – the evolution of language. Trends
impact on language so words are adapted” and another view was “Yes because lots
of diversity has caused the language to evolve.” Of the people that said no,
there responses were “No I think it has developed/changed and “No; it is a
universal language but clearly each year new words linked to common culture
become added to the term Standard English.” This is common with teenagers as
they are picking up all these different words and using slang and abbreviation
of words. One answer refers to The Only Way Is Essex, this suggests that some
TV programs have influenced the way in which people talk.
The
overall view on the question 5 that says “Please read these two sentences and
express your opinion of these sentences and which social class you think they
belong to?” Most of the respondents said that the sentence “Why ain’t you gonna
come out tomorrow?” was someone of a low/working class and the other sentence
“My Lord, what time will we be attending the ball tonight?”was someone from an
upper class. This implies that they all have the same attitude and they can
decide what social class that people belong to just by the way they speak and
what their dialect and accent is.
Out
of all the respondents, one person knew someone of an Afro-Caribbean origin and
said that they think their dialect wasn’t different to British peoples.
There
was a mixture of opinions on question 6 which read “do you think that the
language used by Black British people is standard or not?” This means that all
my respondents have a different view about Black British peoples standard
English, this could be because they were brought up to know that they speak
standard English are that where they live there is a variety of different
cultures. One example was that “Yes, everyone has their own ‘version’ or
‘style’ and “I was at university with some incredible well spoken black British
people. I don’t think colour can be an indication of how well someone speaks or
an assumption that they don’t speak correctly. This person has a very strong
opinion. Other examples are “dependent on individuals not ethnicity” and two
people said no.
My
results have shown that Standard English has not completely been forgotten
about and it is being more widely accepted within different cultural/regional
varieties. Standard English is also taught in school - written and spoken.
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