Martha's vineyard

• These three groups are:

  The older Chilmark fishermen. The younger population. The tourists.
• Where did her island locate

  Masachusettes USA
• Labov’s research looks at the /aw/ and the /ay/ phonemes in words like ‘house’ and ‘spice’.
• Who did the younger gen copy

  used the vowels used by the Chilmark fishermen to appear distant to the tourists.
• Who exaggerated their vowel sounds

  The Chilmark fishermen exaggerated their vowel sounds
• The way the young generation conformed to the norm is

  an example of covert prestige and convergence towards one social group in order to diverge from a different social group.