Accent and Dialect

Question 1

Urszula Clark, Prejudices

Answer 1

Prejudices are deep rooted in the British psyche.
RP at the top, northern and southern in the middle, Midlands at the bottom

Question 2

Howard Giles, Matched Guise

Answer 2

Using one actor to read the same passage in different accents making listeners believe they are hearing different speakers. RP seen as most intelligent and Brummie at the bottom.

Question 3

Labov, Stereotypes

Answer 3

Stereotypical views of accents exist whether speakers use the accent feature or not.

Question 4

Orton and Dieth, Survey of English Dialetcs (SED)

Answer 4

1950’s, worried that universal access to the radio would lead to a loss of dialect.

Question 5

Drummond, Manchester Voices

Answer 5

Self identification through surveys to build data and analysis of their accents. Real vs Perceived pronunciation.

Question 6

Lesley Milroy. Belfast Study

Answer 6

Social networks facilitate language change, network strength score (how many and well other people knew them).
Open Social Network: contacts didn’t necessarily know each other.
Closed Social Network: contacts generally all know one another.
People more likely to use non-standard when they were more integrated into a group.

Question 7

William Labov, Martha’s Vineyard

Answer 7

People changed the way they spoke to create a definitive distance between the locals and the visitors. The younger locals changed their accent more and used more diphthongs in order to stand out.

Question 8

Peter Trudgill, Norwich

Answer 8

Studying the pronunciation of the final consonants in words. He found that the more care taken in speech people said ‘walking’ and ‘walkin’ was more common in lower class and more common in men’s speech. Women claimed to use more standard and men to use more non-standard.

Question 9

Trudgill and Cheshire, Standard English

Answer 9

Only 9-12% of the population of Britain speak standard English, with some form of regional accent