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Person being studied observes that it is for research so they change the way they talk (and maybe adopt a more formal style) Conducted Study on Martha's Vineyard Island and discovered that it was an R-dropping community, and discovered that R-droppers and those who used relic features where people that wanted to preserved Island way of life or people that wanted to fit in

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1. Person being studied observes that it is for research so they change the way they talk (and maybe adopt a more formal style)
2. Conducted Study on Martha's Vineyard Island and discovered that it was an R-dropping community, and discovered that R-droppers and those who used relic features where people that wanted to preserved Island way of life or people that wanted to fit in.
3. Examined 5 variables, one in particular was R-dropping in which he asked people at Sak's, Macy's and Kleins where the Fourth Floor was and asked again for more formal style. (Discovered ppl used more R's after he asked "pardon me" for formal study/
4. A group of individuals who interact regularly, developing unique ways of communicating together
5. Can't define it, but its people you identify with and people who speak the same language
6. Acrolect- Prestigious Lect
   Mesolect- in between acrolect & basilect
   Basilect- Lower Lect
7. A variable that people can say in different ways.
   - What variable you pick reflects your social class.
8. Specific/General Significance- is the variable specifically or generally significant
   Sharp/Gradient- is the varible sharply defined or a gradiant
   Prestigious/ Stigmatized
9. When there is only 5% chance that it is not chance
10. the more 'aware' speakers are of what they're saying, the more 'formal' the style will be