About Language Change (from Emel and Gulseren) # 2

In the powerpoint presentation, you have seen examples of overt prestige (the use rhotic accents in America) and covert prestige (vowel centralization in the speeches of the inhabitants of Martha’s Vineyard island). Looking at your daily lives, what kind of prestige forms do you observe in your speech or in the speeches of people around you? And how do they use these prestige forms?