Accents and dialects linguists
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- Created on: 14-03-16 17:28
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- Accents and dialects
- 60% of employers would discriminate against someone based on their accent.
- One in five people would change their accent to sound more posh.
- Cazden
- Working class children needed more prompting for info.
- Bernstein
- Restricted vs elaborated code.
- Trudgill
- 'Ng' most pronounced variable amongst middle class.
- Milroy
- Covert prestige enforced amongst close knit groups.
- Midland accent most disliked
- 4% make themselves less posh. 8% more posh.
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