A Descriptive View of Language Variations in San Antonio’s Chick- Fil -A Restaurants
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A Descriptive View of Language Variations in San Antonio’s Chick-Fil-A Restaurants Humberto Garcia and Lynda Hersey UTSA BBL Will the higher socioeconomic employees of Chick- Fil-A use the higher register marker of the auxiliary modal “may” vs. the lower register marker of the auxiliary modal “can?” Method: How? -Used rapid and anonymous observations Where? -Chick-Fil-A restaurants throughout San Antonio Who? What? -We observed employees from higher socioeconomic zip codes use the auxiliary modal “may,” more often than the auxiliary modal “can.” San Antonio Socioeconomic data 2012 SA 78258 $104,956 [may] SA 78253 $69,972 [may] SA 78251 $59,738 [may] SA 78224 $41,403 [can] SA 78223 $40,444 [can] “can” 70% Is language variation in San Antonio due to the socioeconomic stratification in regards to the use of a higher language register?
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A Descriptive View of Language Variations in San Antonio’s Chick-Fil-A Restaurants Humberto Garcia and Lynda Hersey
UTSA BBL
Will the higher socioeconomic employees of Chick-Fil-A use the higher register marker of the auxiliary modal “may” vs. the lower register marker of the auxiliary modal “can?”
Method:
How?-Used rapid and anonymous observationsWhere?-Chick-Fil-A restaurants throughout San AntonioWho? What?-We observed employees from higher socioeconomic zip codes use the auxiliary modal “may,” more often than the auxiliary modal “can.”
San Antonio Socioeconomic data 2012 SA 78258 $104,956 [may]SA 78253 $69,972 [may]SA 78251 $59,738 [may]SA 78224 $41,403 [can]SA 78223 $40,444 [can]
“can” 70%
Is language variation in San Antonio due to the socioeconomic stratification in regards to the use of a higher language register?
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