Radio 4 - Slang

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtnz

"Obviously English but it's an English full of in group low life words"

"Slang represents us at our most human, may not be our kindest.....slang is a linguistic safety valve"

"'Yob' oldest slang word and is still used today" 

Slang is used in many different ways and for many different reasons in relation to the audience, speaker, age group etc. Slang is a way of remodelling the standard english language. Slang is seen to be used for different reasons, these appear to be, misogyny, abuse and sometimes sex. 
Slang is clearly not gender stereotyped, both men and women are known to use slang. 

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/conversation-brian-eno-yanis-varoufakis-interview

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/conversation-chris-hadfield-randall-munroe-interview

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/conversation-chris-hadfield-randall-munroe-interview

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/28/conversation-jeanette-winterson-marlon-james-interview

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/step-away-from-your-phone-the-new-rules-of-conversation

Young people of today are loosing their sense of communication because of the virtual world. Technology is taking over the majority of conversations throughout the generations.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/how-to-talk-to-anyone-the-experts-guide

Young peoples communication has been declining not because of technology but because children don't know how to respond to many questions/conversations.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2015/nov/28/the-conversation-that-changed-my-life

This shows how conversations can be influential and shape peoples lives.

3D's

Difference - 

Deborah Tannen, a main theorist supporting the difference theory believes that the difference between men and women's language is not biological however is due to society and their expectations.

She speaks about how it is more excepted for men to be dominant and outgoing whereas for women it is seen as obnoxious and quite possibly rude. That is why society has perceived language of women to be and to speak or use language in any other way it would  be looked down upon.

Status vs. support - men see language as a means of asserting dominance; women see it as a way of confirming/supporting ideas.
Independence vs. intimacy - men "go it alone"; women seek support.
Advice vs. understanding - men see language as problem solving; women see it as a means of empathy.
Information vs. feelings - males are concerned with the facts; women with emotions.
Orders vs. proposals - men use imperatives; females use hidden directives.
Conflict vs. compromise - men will argue; women will try to find a middle ground.

Deficit - 

Robin Lakoff key theorist for 

Exam Questions.

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/AQA-77012-SQP.PDF

Question 2.

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/AQA-77012-CEX.PDF

Examiner marker version of question 2.

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/AQA-77012-COM.PDF

Examiners expectations.

Bristol University, guide to grammar.

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/

A – Handy for revision.

B – Punctuation and structure.  

Sentence types.  Paragraphing. Language used. Graphology.  Context. Discourse.

FPA – Syntax. Compound, Complex syntax. Spoken Language = Utterances.                                            Written language = syntax. Functions of syntax; imperatives, interrogative syntax. Explanative syntax.  Declarative syntax.

C – Common Confusion.                                                                                                                                                

Lexis, Semantics, Pragmatics - the meaning meant from author or audience.

D – Exam responses. PEE.

E – Conjunctives, split infinitives, subject/verb agreement.                                                                                                                         Grammar, Lexis.

F – Style, FPA.

G – Handy for Revision. 

Reasons why the english language is weird.

1) The difference between each of the 'wound' is their position in the sentence for example the second wound is the subject of the sentence being the main clause basing the whole conversation around. 

2) The subject in the sentence is 'the farm' because without it the rest of the sentence will not make sense, the verb of the sentence is the first produce.