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Trudgill
Norwich study ('ing' at the end of words). Working class men are most likely to say 'walkin'. Middle class women most likely to say 'walking'.
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Labov
Martha's vineyard. Local fishermen are more likely to use central vowels as it distinguishes them from tourists.
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Labov
New York department store study. Shop assistants in higher class shops over-pronounce rhotic r sounds.
3 of 6
Milroy
Migration disrupts dialects. People moving takes accents/dialects around and can form other accents (Irish formed Scouse).
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Rosewarne
Estuary English. Mix of RP and cockney. L-vocalisation ('l' sounds like 'w') and glottalling (not pronouncing constonants at the end of words). 1995 minister of education condemned it.
5 of 6
Giles
Made people listen to the same speech in RP and Brummie. People respected and favoured RP more but found Brummie more relatable.
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Martha's vineyard. Local fishermen are more likely to use central vowels as it distinguishes them from tourists.

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Labov

Card 3

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New York department store study. Shop assistants in higher class shops over-pronounce rhotic r sounds.

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Card 4

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Migration disrupts dialects. People moving takes accents/dialects around and can form other accents (Irish formed Scouse).

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Card 5

Front

Estuary English. Mix of RP and cockney. L-vocalisation ('l' sounds like 'w') and glottalling (not pronouncing constonants at the end of words). 1995 minister of education condemned it.

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