where a speaker moves towards another speaker’s accent, dialect or sociolect
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Accommodation
where a speaker adapts to another speaker’s accent, dialect or sociolect
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Divergence
where a speaker actively distances himself/herself from another speaker by accentuating their own accent or dialect
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Downward convergence
making your accent or lexis more informal
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Upward convergence
changing your accent or lexical choices to something you perceive as more prestigious
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Bidialectalism
a speaker’s ability to use two dialects of the same language
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Estuary English
a dialect of English that is perceived to have spread outwards from London along the South East of England. It has features of Received Pronunciation and London English
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Isogloss
the divisions that linguists draw between regions according to different dialects
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Mainstream dialect
the dialect that spans the whole English nation
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Overt prestige
refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group
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Dialect levelling
the merging of different dialects to form one uniform dialect, reducing the range of dialects
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
where a speaker adapts to another speaker’s accent, dialect or sociolect
Back
Accommodation
Card 3
Front
where a speaker actively distances himself/herself from another speaker by accentuating their own accent or dialect
Back
Card 4
Front
making your accent or lexis more informal
Back
Card 5
Front
changing your accent or lexical choices to something you perceive as more prestigious
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