A Contrastive Study of Final Consonant Deletion between Tehran and Shahre Rey: A Sociolinguistic Approach Based on Basil Bernstein

This study aims to investigate the extend of final consonant deletion of words in the speech of male and female students at grade one of elementary schools across Tehran and Share Rey. In fact, the study has taken into account the type of language used by the two low and high social classes and based on Brandeis index, social class is an index. To determine the students social class, cultural, social, economic factors as well as factors such as place of residence, parents’ education and their jobs were taken into consideration. A descriptive analytic approach with a sample of 200 male and female students from both lower and higher class areas was used. Therefore, the independent variables are class and gender, and dependent variable is the non-verbal language. Data were collected using a 60 item questionnaire and were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The findings revealed that final consonant deletion of words were more sensible among students from lower social classes. It was also found that males from both social classes had more final deletions than females.