accents

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Labov
Martha's Vineyard (America)
Locals used slightly diff. pronunciation. Suggests accent can be used to establish group identity
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Giles
Matched guise- students talked about psychology using RP and Birmingham. RP=higher in competence & intelligence
Accommodation theory- speakers change usual speech style to converge or diverge away from them
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Kerswill
dialect levelling. aspects of regional lang. dying as lang converges gradually. regional features lost and lang becomes less diverse
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Ives
interviewed teen boys in London & Bradford
95% pakistani backgrounds. Most boys used mix pf Punjabi &english when communicating
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Rosewarne
EE
Mix of rp and cockney
Glottal stops, omit ly, multiple negation, pronunciation of th as f or v
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Watson
dialectal island. resist dialect levelling e.g. liverpool
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MLE
Afro-Caribbean english- combines elements of lang of diff ethnic goups
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Coggle
stereotypes and accents. rp=money, wags, snooty
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Dixon
follow up giles study. looks at perception of guilt. compared brummie to rp defendants in court
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determiners
non standard varieties might say 'going t' shop' and drop determiner and use 'them' for phrases such as 'look at them people'
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personal pronouns
variations
liverpool uses 'you' plural 'yous'-nonstandard
N & midlands dialect still use thee to address terms for you
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verb (regular and irregular)
verb 'to be'
Cockney- we was
Rural/ western areas- I/we be

N & midlands use past tense pl of verb- I were
SE use past tense singular form of verb in all grammatical constructions- You was
SW us 'be' throughout present tense- I be
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ITV ACCENT RESEARCH
Devon- friendliest
Birmingham- least friendly, least intelligent
RP - most intelligent & trustworthy
Liverpool- least intelligent, least trustworthy
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Guardian report
4000 people listened to same joke in 11 diff. accents.
Researchers of uni of aberdeen conclude brummie accent...is britains funniest. RP=least
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RP
accent with highest prestige
non-regional- belonging to more privileged & successful social class.-3% speak it
Long 'a' sound
Never drop 'h' at beginning of words
pronounce certain sounds
shave rough edges off regional accent if adopted (news presenters-
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Cockney
synonymous with working class E London
used as standard comedic voice by working class for oversea audiences
TH fronting-'th' sound as 'f' (e.g. thing)
glottal stops (e.g. bu'er for butter)
h dropping (e.g. 'appy)
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Scouse
dialectal island
least trustworthy& least intelligent on ops polls
renders 't' at beginning of word to /ts/ e.g. tsree
you pl- yous
words cook, book typically pronounced with vowel of GOOSE rather than FOOT
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