Dialect levelling. Increased social mobility led to 'the consequent breakdown of tight-knit working-class communities' and an increase in wider social networks. Another possible cause is 'increased interaction with people of other speech varieties'.
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Foulkes and Docherty
Spread of th-fronting. London (origin) - South East - Central England - Northern England - North East of England; Lowlands of Scotland
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Giles
Matched guise, Brummie and RP. Speech recorded using one person doing both accents. 17 year-olds rated RP voice higher in terms of competence and intelligence.
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Dixon
Matched guise in court, Brummie and RP. Suspects perceived to be more guilty when speaking with a non-standard Brummie accent.
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Neuliep and Speten-Hansen
Participants' ethnocentrism established, then split into two groups. All watched the same speaker - in one condition he had a non-native accent, in the other he had a standard American accent.
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Neuliep and Speten-Hansen (cont.)
Ethnocentric participants rated non-native speaker lower for attractiveness, credibility and homophily.
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Choy and Dodd
Students and speech. Teachers make judgements on students' ability and personality based on how they speak.
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Sitel study
Geordie accent in top 5 accents for trustworthiness, helpfulness and efficiency. Rated the friendliest accent and most likely to put you in a 'good mood'.
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Card 2
Front
Spread of th-fronting. London (origin) - South East - Central England - Northern England - North East of England; Lowlands of Scotland
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Foulkes and Docherty
Card 3
Front
Matched guise, Brummie and RP. Speech recorded using one person doing both accents. 17 year-olds rated RP voice higher in terms of competence and intelligence.
Back
Card 4
Front
Matched guise in court, Brummie and RP. Suspects perceived to be more guilty when speaking with a non-standard Brummie accent.
Back
Card 5
Front
Participants' ethnocentrism established, then split into two groups. All watched the same speaker - in one condition he had a non-native accent, in the other he had a standard American accent.
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