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I was reading Bourdieu yesterday and he also observed this: “A striking and consistent finding in much language research is that lower‑status speakers have with great regularity led the linguistic charge in many of the innovations that have become well‑accepted parts of our language” - How Lower-Class Innovation, Like, Changes the Langwage https://lithub.com/how-lower-class-innovation-like-changes-the-langwage/ @linguistics #linguistics #accents #innovation #variation #language #academicchatter
@maitxinha @linguistics I've been thinking about these claims. I don't know if anyone's ever quantified them ("97% of changes come from below!"), but that seems like it could be hard to do.
Fridland alludes to the idea that there's something inherent in working-class language that promotes innovation (less uptightness?). But what if upper-class people innovate at the same rate, but there just aren't as many of them?
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@grvsmth @linguistics Group membership plays a role as well. Once the ‘slang’ is wide and used by others, new slang emerges