A Test Methodology

I am going to test how different politicians post messages on Twitter and if their political party depends on the tweets that they make. Before I start the investigation, I would need to research and list the politicians and the party that they are in so that I can make cards with their names on. To do this investigation, I would make a fair draw, putting the names of members from each of the 3 leading parties (Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats) who have Twitter into three different containers coordinating with the party that they are in. Then, randomly I would select three names from each container so that it avoids bias in the data sample. This is because I do not want the data to be based on my views.

After finding the data, I will use a random number generator to select a number to look at the tweet that they had. This will mean that I will have no bias in the tweets that I am looking at so I can unbiasly look at the data and analyse how they have used language. From these tweets, I will look at the language that they use with whether they use high or low frequency lexis and their use of slang terms and cliché. This will mean that I can look at whether the party they are in depends on the language that they use of social networks.

To make this ethnical, I will need to ask the permission of the people's tweets that I will be looking at so that I am not just taking the language that they are using and invading their Twitter account. I will keep as many of the variables the same as possible except changing what party the politician is from.

Ideas for my coursework investigation??!!

Tricky, ideas to come up with ideas for my coursework...

• Looking at if gender effects teaching style- Language used and amount of talking?
• How presenters use language depending on the topic and individual they are talking to and how they accommodate to that?
• Does class affect the way you speak? The higher the class the lower frequency language used.
• How has the language used within morning TV changed?

One question: Can we use lyrics from music and how they have changed over time? Or does it have to be around spoken language and written language?

Please let me know what would be the best idea??

The Oxford Comma

A good friend of mine sent me this and I really like it

Do you know how to use commas correctly??

This is a very interesting article. I find the use of commas hard and it has really allowed me to understand it. Had a chat to confirm with parents to check I was right. Very good article, allowing me to understand how to use commas correctly.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2014/sep/04/mind-your-language-commas

Wish I was clever enough to do this

Such a great video on how grammar is used. However, the prescriptive attitude, that it has, is arguable if it should be used.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

Do you still use marvellous?

Quite an interesting article with how, everyday our language is changing. Weird that I still use most of the language though!
http://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2014/aug/26/british-english-words-endangered-awesome-marvellous