We should also bear in nind that CS is the plurilingual embodiment of techniques that have equivalents in the monolingual sphere (Gardner chloros et al. 2000)
Theories linking the social phenomenon of register and style variation to individual performance are highly relevant to CS (see the papers in Eckert and rickford 2001)
Barrrett (1998)
For example ,
Has illustrated style alternation
Largely in phonological terms
Amongst African-american drag queens
Identifying three basic styled (African-american vernacular English
Gay male style
And a style based on stereotypes of white womens speech)
And showing how the subjects performances are “tuned” to highlight the audiences assumptions about sex
Class and ethnicity