accent and dialect key words Flashcards
Accent
a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class.
Dialect
a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
Received Pronunciation
the standard form of British English pronunciation, based on educated speech in southern England, widely accepted as a standard elsewhere. - old BBC
Standard English
the dialect which is the form of the English language widely accepted as the usual correct form.
Idiolect
the specific dialect of a person unique to them
Sociolect
the dialect of a particular social group
Vernacular
the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
Ellen Ryan
status and solidarity: all accents have some value
status - people respect the accent due to people who speak often having high status=
solidartity - people respect the accent because it sounds nice
convergence
change speech to match the/be similar to person that you are speaking to
divergence
whne you move away from the speech of another
downward convergence
when someone with high status convergence to be match someone with a high solidarity
Deprivation theories
argue that working class children are disadvantaged by their language
Difference theories
its the school system and the attitudes towards working class studied accents that puts them at a disadvantage
Bernstein
restricted code - Includes short, simple and sometimes incomplete sentences etc.
Elaborated Code -Includes more complex, grammatically complete sentences etc.
precriptivist
seeks to preserve language- wants standard english
