This document outlines brief bullet-point-style notes on the Language and the Self unit in the CIE A Levels syllabus.
It follows the 2021-2023 syllabus (9093) and includes the topics:
- Language and self-identity (idiolect and sociolect, Grice’s Maxims, conversational face, theories of language and self-identity)
- Language and thought (theories of language and thought, language and social equality)
- Social groups and self-identity (convergence and divergence, social stratification, slang and jargon)
- Teenage language (case study: Multi-Ethnic Youth Dialect)
- Language and gender (Genderlect theory, Deficit approach, Dominance approach, Difference approach, Diversity approach, Standpoint theory, the muted group theory)
- Language of inclusion and exclusion (fandoms)
- Speech sounds and accents (Labov’s study)
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