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1
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How do Northerners pronounce the vowel in “bath” and “grass”

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/æ/

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How do Southerners pronounce the vowel in “bath” and “grass”?

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/a:/

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How do Northerners pronounce the vowel in “put” and “cup”?

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/ʊ/

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How do Southerners pronounce the vowel in “put” and “cup”?

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/ʌ/

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5
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Is R.P. and h-pronouncing accent?

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Yes

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Do the majority of English accents h-pronounce?

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No

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How does R.P. pronounce the consonant in the middle of “water”?

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/t/

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What type of sound is /t/?

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alveolar plosive

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How do many English accents pronounce the consonant in the middle of “water”?

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/?/

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What type of sound is /?/?

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Glottal stop

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In the majority of English accents, how is the final sound in “car” pronounce?

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/a:/

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In much of the south west of England how do they pronounce the final sound in “car”?

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/r/

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How does R.P. pronounce the final sound in “running”?

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/ŋ/

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What type of sound is /ŋ/?

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Velar Nasal

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How do a large proportion of English speakers pronounce the final sound in “running”?

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/n/

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What type of sound is /n/?

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Alveolar Nasal

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17
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Which accent uses features of both R.P. and Cockney?

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Estuary English

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18
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Where did Estuary English originate from?

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The Thames Estuary

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How does Estuary English pronounce the middle consonant in “Water” and “bottle”?

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As a glottal stop (/?/)

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In words such as “wholemeal” or “football”, how do estuary speakers pronounce the L?

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As a velarised /ɫ/ (I think this means the L is like a weird mix between and L and a W, but I could be wrong)

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Who did the Department Store Study?

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William Labov

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What did Labov look at the link between in his Department Store Study?

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Accent and Prestige

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Who did Labov study in his Department Store Study?

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New York Shop assistants

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24
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What sound did Labov study in his Department Store Study?

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The non-prevocalic /r/

25
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What phrase did Labov use in his Department Store Study?

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“fourth floor”

26
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In New York, what was the prestige form of the pronunciation of “fourth floor” according to Labov?

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Using the non-prevocalic /r/

27
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In New York, what was the Stigmatised form of the pronunciation of “Fourth Floor” according to Labov?

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Using /a:/ instead of the non-prevocalic /r/

28
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What three shops did Labov study in his Department Store Study?

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Saks, Macey’s and Klein’s

29
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What was the Upper Class store in Labov’s Department Store Study?

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Saks

30
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What was the middle class store in Labov’s Department Store Study?

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Macey’s

31
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What was the working class store in Labov’s Department Store Study?

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Klein’s

32
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What did Labov call the first time the assistant pronounced “fourth floor”?

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Spontaneous Speech

33
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What did Labov call the repeated time the assistant pronounced “fourth floor”?

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Careful Speech

34
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According to Labov, which store used /r/ the most?

A

Saks

35
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According to Labov, which store used /r/ the least?

A

Klein

36
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According to Labov, which store changed their pronunciation of /a:/ to /r/ the most?

A

Macey’s

37
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What did Labov find accent was affected by in his Department Store Study?

A

Class and Care

38
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According to Labov, which gender corrects from /a:/ to /r/ the most?

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Women

39
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Who did the Martha’s Vineyard Study?

A

William Labov

40
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What were the three groups of people identified in Labov’s Martha’s Vineyard Study?

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  1. The Chilmark fishermen
  2. The Islanders
  3. The Summer People
41
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According to Labov, who were the Chilmark Fishermen?

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The indigenous population of the island who used the indigenous accent

42
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According to Labov, who were the Islanders?

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The Wealthy residents of the island who had moved their

43
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According to Labov, who were the Summer People?

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Visitors to the Island

44
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How did the Islanders speech change according to Labov?

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Went from High prestige to Low Prestige

45
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In the Islanders speech, how did the vowel sound change in words like “out” and “house”?

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Changed from /aʊ/ to /əʊ/ (like in “boat”)

46
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In the Islanders speech, how did the vowel sound change in words like “White” and “Night”?

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Changed from /aɪ/ to /əl/ (I have no idea what this sounds like, I tried to find it but the only thing I could find was the end sound of a southerner pronouncing “People”)

47
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Why did Labov suggest the the Islanders accent more?

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They thought of the fishermen as “true Islanders” and wanted to sound more like them and less like the summer people

48
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According to Labov’s Martha’s Vineyard Study, why do we use accents?

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To mark group membership and to distance ourselves from other groups

49
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Who did the Belfast Study?

A

Milroy and Milroy

50
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What did Milroy and Milroy give to individuals in their Belfast Study?

A

A Network Strength Score

51
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What did Milroy and Milroy look at in their Belfast Study?

A

The “th” sound in “mother” and the vowel sound in “hat”

52
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In the Belfast Study, how did the middle sound in “mother” change?

A

From /ð/ to /d/

53
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In the Belfast Study, how did the vowel sound in “hat” change?

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From /æ/ to /ɔ:/

54
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In The Belfast Study, what did High Network Strength Scores correlate with a greater use of?

A

non-standard forms

55
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What do dense networks function as?

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Norm-enforcement mechanisms

56
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In The Belfast Study, what did men’s speech usually contain more of?

A

Non-standard forms

57
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In the Belfast Study, why did men’s speech contain more non-standard forms than women’s?

A

They belonged to denser social networks than women

58
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In The Belfast Study, where did more women than expected use the non-standard form of /ɔ:/ in “hat”

A

The Hammer and Clonard

59
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Why did more women than expected use non-standard forms in The Hammer and Clonard?

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They worked together and belonged to a dense and multiplex network

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