An analysis of Belten High found that one of these two groups was significantly more likely to back the vowels /ʌ/ (“uh” as in “gut”) and /ɛ/ (“eh” as in “bed”) than the other. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these two groups of suburban Detroit high school students. They title a Penelope Eckert ethnography that proposes that one is oriented towards school and the middle class, and the other towards the community and the lower class.
ANSWER: jocks and burnouts [accept in either order]
[10m] Eckert’s Jocks and Burnouts discusses how burnouts were further along in this specific sound change than jocks. It involves moving the sound /ɑ/ (“aw” as in “hot”) further front, leading to a chain reaction.
ANSWER: Northern Cities Vowel Shift [accept Northern Cities Shift or NCVS]
[10e] Jocks and Burnouts was influenced by the work of this founder of American sociolinguistics, who examined the effect of class on the pronunciation of “fourth floor” in department stores.
ANSWER: William Labov [or Bill Labov; accept William David Labov]
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