Winter 2024 ANG-G32 V.

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Introduction to Like, Literally, Dude

Answer the following questions. You may brainstorm in pairs, but you must each hand in your own
answers under “travaux” using your own words.

1. How does the author define sociolinguistics? Describe how she connects her definition
to the word “what”?

2. What is Fridland’s central thesis (what she is writing about and why)?

3. What can the history of language change teach us?

4. Why has “bro” been adopted by people, according to Fridland?

5. What are “familiar speech habits” and why do people adopt them?

6. Use the “Analyzing Essays” document on Lea to help you identify one technique or
device used by Fridland between pages 1-26. Quote an example with a page number
(MLA format) and discuss its effectiveness.