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The highest form of formal pronunciation found in only truly ‘elite’ communities is?
Hyperlect
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The form of popular speech usually identified with certain youth and popular cultures, found in inner cities is?
Basilect
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A theory which explores why people change their accent, in particular to drop undesirable speech and adopt desirable speech
Accommodation theory
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When people shift their speech to resemble their audience they...
converge
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When people emphasise the differences between themselves and their audience they...
diverge
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What study found that working class people drop initial letters such as /h/ and final letters such as /g/?
Reading Study
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Who came up with 'teen speak'?
Vivian De Klerk
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According to Basil Bernstein, working class use what code?
restricted
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The form of popular speech usually identified with certain youth and popular cultures, found in inner cities is?

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A theory which explores why people change their accent, in particular to drop undesirable speech and adopt desirable speech

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