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In What Ways Is Language Used To Label Different Social Groups An Important Issue
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In What Ways Is Language Used To Label Different Social Groups An Important Issue? Language being used to represent a person's social class is an important issue because it is not a reliable way to people, even though labelling people is wrong in the first place. People can use language even if they come from a different group. For instance within the youth of today take the divides of the "Townies and Chavs" which are traditionally formed of "popular people" to the "Goth's grungers, skaters and other alternatives" If you were to be heard saying something like "mush" or "init" (a form of isn't it) or "banging" you would be called a Chav or a townie, however you might have just been bought up within a rougher area of the country. This is a type of default assumption where if you are heard saying something people would assume something about who...
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