Fwd: Re: Do children know what it means to 'talk posh'? as we say in gb english

[Beverly Flanigan]

Here's one reply; her work is very good.

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>From: elaine andersen <eanderse at usc.edu>
>Subject: Re: Do children know what it means to 'talk posh'? as we say in
>  gb     english
>To: Aubrey Nunes <aubrey at pigeonpostbox.co.uk>
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>Hi Aubrey,
>
>In my 1991 book, Speaking with Style: The Sociolinguistic Skills of
>Children, and in subsequent
>papers (some of them cross-linguistic), I report evidence of children
>showing clear sensitivity to
>the correlation between speech style (i.e., register) and power/prestige
>as early as age 4.
>
>Best,
>Elaine
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>Elaine S. Andersen
>Professor
>Psychology, Linguistics & Neuroscience
>Hedco Neuroscience Program
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>University of Southern California
>  Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Aubrey Nunes <aubrey at pigeonpostbox.co.uk>
>Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:05 pm
>Subject: Do children know what it means to 'talk posh'? as we say in gb
>         english
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > What I am asking about is perhaps a very British English phenomenon
> > - or
> > perhaps a point of sensitivity sharper in britain than elsewhere.
> >
> > My question is this: how early and how accurately do children learn to
> > detect corelations between a particular sort of speech and the
> > exercise of
> > authority and power?
> >
> > I once read an unpublished BEd thesis from the early 90's showing
> > that the
> > issues at stake here were pretty well understood by children of
> > around 8;0,
> > as I recall. Since the implications are kind of obvious, I am sure
> > that this
> > must have been well studied and reported.
> >
> > I would be most grateful for any pointers to literature on this.
> >
> > Aubrey
> >
> >
> > Aubrey Nunes,
> > Pigeon Post Box Ltd
> > 52 Bonham Road
> > London, SW2 5HG
> >
> > T:  0207 652 1347
> > E:  aubrey at pigeonpostbox.co.uk
> > I:  www.pigeonpostbox.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> >