Peter Trudgill Detroit Study
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- Peter Trudgill
- Detroit Multiple Negation Study
- Several Hundred people were recorded by sampling randomly
- A multiple negation score was worked out for each person, then assigned to one of four social class groups on the basis of their occupation, education, income
- Upper Middle Class used 2% of multiple negation
- Lower Middle Class used 11% of multiple negation
- Lower Working Class used 70% of multiple negation
- Upper Working Class used 38% of multiple negation
- Lower Working Class used 70% of multiple negation
- Lower Middle Class used 11% of multiple negation
- Upper Middle Class used 2% of multiple negation
- A multiple negation score was worked out for each person, then assigned to one of four social class groups on the basis of their occupation, education, income
- Several Hundred people were recorded by sampling randomly
- Keypoint
- Multiple Negation is much more frequent in the lower end of each class
- Social Dialect is on a continuum and is not black and white
- Multiple Negation is much more frequent in the lower end of each class
- Detroit Multiple Negation Study
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