Ideas for investigation

• An investigation looking how early gender can influence children's language?

• An investigation into how Horrible Histories use language to entertain as well as educate.

• An investigation into how a four year old’s language varies according to who she is speaking to – a peer compared to her mother?

• An investigation into the political language of the TV show Question Time

• How are the political speeches made by MT before and after she was PM different linguistically?  How might you account for these differences?”

• How does TV host Jeremy Kyle assert power over his guests through his use of language?

• "How does Professor Brian Cox attempt to make science accessible to a public audience [through his linguistic methods]?"

• An investigation into how language is used by teachers to negotiate power among students of different ages

• How do age and gender affect the re-telling of a fairy tale?

• How does student/ teacher power negotiation differ between a high set and a low set within the same key stage group?

• An investigation into the ways in which the language used in news broadcasts reflects historical context.

• An investigation into people’s perceptions of The Sun and The Independent and whether these are reflected in the language these newspapers use.

• Investigating how gender influences language choices when playing a computer game.

• An investigation into how the gender of celebrity chefs affects their language choic

• An Investigation into how an adult’s interaction with a child impacts upon their acquisition of language.

• 'An investigation into how the language of political speeches has changed over time'

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