User talk:L.charlie99

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Peer Review
The lead to this article is very strong. I think it does a good job os summarizing the article, without going into too much detail, but still giving the reader a good understanding of what valley speak is.

I think the sentence "It also popularized the use of the term "like" as a discourse marker, though it did not originate in Valleyspeak as some may think" is awkwardly placed right now. This is also already mentioned in the lead of this article, but maybe it could be placed in the "language ideology" section instead?

I think the order and structure of this article is good with the information that is presented. I think one thing that could potentially be expanded on is the origin section. I do not know a whole lot about the origin myself, but I think expanding on this area could strengthen the article.

The "study on regional language ideologies done in California in 2007" seems like it might have the potential to be bias. I would double check this course or provide more information to back up the claims made in this study. Additionally, within this same section of "language ideologies", you have to use [parenthetical citations so I would get rid of these in the last paragraph of this section. I would also be careful to make sure the content in this section remains neutral.

The sentence "This discourse marker is usually used to introduce quoted speech" is used currently to describe the feature "like"; however, the next feature, "like to be", says pretty much the exact same thing. I would maybe move this sentence to the "like to be" explanation to make it less redundant.

Overall, Good job! Sb9338 (talk) 22:39, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Valleyspeak page peer review
The lead section is strong is gives a good overview of Valleyspeak and what follows in the rest of the page. I think the origin section has good information in it, however, it would be nice if there was some expansion in this section. Maybe more discussion of why this stereotype/language emerged out of California. In the language ideology section when the article begins to discuss "upspeak" I was a little confused how this connected to Valleyspeak so maybe add a few more details to this section. The sources seem reliable and overall the content seems neutral. Sh5272a (talk) 23:23, 24 February 2019 (UTC)sh5272a

== Peer Review

The origin and quick synopses, in the beginning, is great concise, but with detail. I would include detail on where and how the valleygirl accent and word usage is used today and how it has evolved through the years. The chart of phrases when using valleygirl sheech is helpful to the reader! I would include a section on how the accent is perceived with negative connotations throughout history and now. What type of person would mock valleygirl speech what type of person would speak with vallygirl language? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbobrowsky126 (talk • contribs) 02:24, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Peer Review
This page is very strong. I feel like there is a lot of focus on the ideology that Valleyspeak is thought of as a lesser form of speech. I would have loved for a little bit more background on this, especially since I think that this is one of the more interesting portions of the article. I think that some examples could be incredibly beneficial in fleshing out this portion of the article. Very good job with the article! -JG

Peer Review
First let me apologize profusely for inadvertently making your life harder. I mistakenly posted your feedback to the article talk page rather than the user talk page as I should have. I'm posting it here now and am gonna send you an email to notify you.

Jb8527a (talk) 03:08, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) I really like the opening paragraph that provides the general overview of Valleyspeak and its cultural impacts!
 * 2) The origin tab (through my limited knowledge of valley speak) seems solid, although there is a necessary citation for the mention of Cher Horowitz, and I think a couple more public figures who exemplify valleyspeak might not hurt.
 * 3) A citation is needed for this claim, "This lends itself to explicit language ideologies about dialects in the area as they receive more scrutiny than dialects in other nearby regions."
 * 4) Although I know it is not meant to be insulting or to be presenting an opinion, it might be good to rewrite this sentence (Linguistic characteristics of "valley girl" or "California" speak are often thought to be "silly" and "superficial" and seen as a sign of low intelligence.) in a way that presents less bias against the use of valley speak. If this is reflective of a general trend in which people do associate valley speak with low intelligence and superficiality, a citation to the study should be added here.
 * 5) Same comment as above with the next few sentences.
 * 6) I guess this is a feature of the prevalence of the stereotype, but I didn't know the fact presented in the second paragraph in the Language Ideology section
 * 7) I think that the last paragraph of the Language Ideology section will need some additional work. For one, some more prominent researchers than a grad students might want to be used (and also should be cited!) if 'Many researchers' have analyzed these trends. In addition, there is a good deal of grammatical disagreement in this paragraph that should be addressed.
 * 8) It appears to me that the final section, "Features/Qualifiers" is very well developed