English Language- Estury English

• Paul Kerswill opossed Rosewarre & said that he was wrong as it is standard english (SE) with southeastern . He said that it is not a dialect but an accent(may 1994)

• The non-standard urban dialects & accents are be levelled in the whole south east region. (less Variety)

• Is becoming used more in high status occupations e.g. broadcasting. Doesn't have the snobery that is associated with R.P.

Good

• It allows for easy upward & downward convergence

• It is a social leveller in terms of accent.

Bad

• I s a corruption of both SE & RP

• Linguistis disagree on what it is & whether it is an accent or a dialect.

• Standard English spoke with a non-RP, London influence accent

• Differs from LWC & Cockney, -uses standard -Lack of th-fronting, intervocale glotal stop.

• There is a spectum of intermediate possibilities between Rp & Cockney & that this can be called Estury English (EE)

Yes

• We don't hear RP as often as we used to.
• Fewer ppl feel they have to speak RP to be successful. "adoptive RP"
• RP has changed over time.
• The profile of EE has been raised.
• LWC & EE are found in other places in the country

No

• Ppl who spoke RP still do
• EE has been around for a while & RP is still with us
• Although some features such as glttalisation are spoken, this doesn't mean speech will change completely.
• It is only seems as if it is, as it only being spoken in London.