Question

Betty Hart and Todd Risley controversially asserted that children from households with lower values of this variable were exposed to 30 million fewer words by age 3. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this variable. Department store employees directed William Labov to the “fourth floor” in his study of how the pronunciation of the “R” sound changed depending on this variable.
ANSWER: socioeconomic status [or socioeconomic class or social stratification or SES; accept wealth or income or affluence]
[10e] In their critique of Hart and Risley’s word gap, Sperry, Miller, and Sperry point out that this oral practice of inventing or recounting events is very common in low-income communities. Bards performed this action.
ANSWER: storytelling [or narration or telling stories; accept synonyms for stories]
[10h] Description acceptable. The original word gap study didn’t include this speech, which per Oshima-Takane et al. helps second-born children learn pronouns more quickly. Akhtar et al. found kids learned as well from this speech as from child-directed speech.
ANSWER: overheard speech [accept ambient speech; accept other-directed speech]
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DukeJames Madison A10101030
James Madison BNorth Carolina A010010
North Carolina BSouth Carolina A1010020
South Carolina BNC State1010020
Georgia Tech BEmory A010010
Georgia Tech CGeorgia A1010020
Georgia Tech DGeorgia B100010
Georgia Tech ATennessee A010010
Team 2Kenyon B10101030
Michigan B Michigan A 1010020
Ohio State AKenyon A100010
Boston CollegeZen and the Art of Buzzing010010
FarrellmagnetismGanon Evans Fan Club1010020
Texas BHCC1010020
TAMUTAG Magnet: Taylor's Version0000
Texas ATexas C1010020
Arizona StateMSU A and Friend0000