Eksempler på yuppie

• Similar to gender variation, the state group demonstrated slight topic variation, whereas this was again significant in the yuppie group.

• I have repeatedly emphasized that the yuppies see and present themselves as cosmopolitan business professionals.

• They eschew the use of the interdental realization of (ts) because there is little homology between the image of an alley saunterer and a yuppie.

• The state professionals thus appear to be less affected by this influence than the yuppies are.

• However, these are only par t of the repository of resources from which they draw to forge their yuppie identity.

• These multiple aspects intersect with each other and consequently affect the ways in which the yuppies select and appropriate symbolic resources.

• The linguistic material that the yuppies pick up represents well-known cultural personae.

• Its use not only distinguishes the yuppies from their state counterpar ts, but also helps create and perpetuate the sanctions of the new linguistic market.

• In the interviews, qiáoliáng 'bridge' was frequently used by these yuppies to describe their role and their various "bridging" practices in the international business sector.

• Linguistic practice is only a par t of the practices that distinguish the yuppies from other social groups.

• The non-local variants of the other three variables were all used significantly more often when the yuppies discussed their work-related experiences.

• The most striking difference between the state professionals and the yuppies lies in their use of the "cosmopolitan" full tone variant.

• In contrast, across all four variables, female yuppies overwhelmingly favored the non-local variants.

• The yuppies used all of the local variants significantly less than the state professionals did.

• Their monthly salaries, ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 yuan, are much lower than those of the yuppies.