Chesire

• Jenny chesire reading-what did she study?

  The relationship between use of grammatical variables of dialect and adherence to peer group culture of boys and girls
• chesire recorded data-

  • how often 3 peer groups used variables such as:non-standard snon-standard 'has' and 'was'double negationnon-standard 'what'
• what distinction did she make between the girls?

  differentiated between those who had negative views to group activities such as fighting and carrying weapons (A) and those who approved of these (B)
• chesire found

  • -those who conformed to the conventions of the group also conformed to the linguistic standards of the grouplanguage was an integral part of the group