Coursework

In my coursework I plan to carry out how adults of different genders and ages talk to my niece Lyliee, and how the language they use differs and how far gender has an effect or whether it has an effect on this. I will use Lakoff's deficit language theory.


I'm going to collect and transcribe different daily activities in Lyliees routine and how my mum dad and sister speak to the baby. The problems that could occur is if different adults do different activities with Lyliee it is less comparable, and if the adults are made to do the same task it would skew the data as it would be forced and set up.


My sample data will hopefully show me what theory's I can expect to find in my actual data and highlight the problems or issues that could come up, like comparability issues or the participants acting different because they are aware they are being filmed.