Book1
'How Children Think And Learn' by David Wood 1988
1st edition Published by The Open University
Bernstein's Restricted and Elaborated codes
To test the codes one group of children/ teens from the same class and see if they stick to the same code
Book2
'Language And Power' by Norman Fairclough 1989
2nd edition Published by Routledge
In face to face discourse they adapt their language and keep adapting throughout an encounter
Book3
'The Dialects Of England' by Peter Trudgill 1990
1st edition Published by Blackwell Oxford
Trudgill discusses standard and non standard forms of English
Non standard forms such as
I done it
A man what I know
He don't want none
She aint coming
We seen him
Standard forms such as
I did it
A man that I know
He doesnt want any
She isnt coming
We saw him
Wide range of sources and ideas explored.
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Trudgill found that people used a different amount of non-standard forms than they thought they did, which is interesting. It might be interesting to collect questionnaire data from the people you record. How could you get them to talk with as little self-consciousness as possible? Definitely don't tell them what you are investigating when you ask permission to record them (because it creates demand characteristics - do full informed consent afterward so you can use the recordings) but how could you stimulate talk of the kind that would be interesting to you and make them less aware of the recording because they are engaged in what they are saying (mitigate the observer's paradox)?
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