Accent & Dialect - Diversity Flashcards

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Name 6 Accent & Dialect theories

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  1. Watt
  2. Trudgill
  3. Comres Survey
  4. Montgomery
  5. Kerswill
  6. Aitchison
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  1. Watt
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Sounds of the future report said that the β€˜th’ sound would disappear by 2066 due to the growing influence of MLE.

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  1. Trudgill
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Approximately 5% of the population speak RP

Norwich Study of /n/ and /ng/ sounds.

  • Working class people more likely to drop the /g/ sound e.g. running
  • Men more likely to use non-standard forms - identity
  • Women perceive themselves as using RP more
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  1. Comres Survey
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2013

28% of Britains felt they had been prejudiced against because of their accents

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  1. Montgomery
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TV accents
RP = conveying expertise
Regional rural accent = advertising natural products
Regional urban accents = Comedic effect

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  1. Kerswill
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Multicultural London English (MLE) is rapidly spreading amongst teens.

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  1. Aitchison
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Crumbling Castle / Damp Spoon Syndrome / Infectious Disease Assumption
Pointed out the prescriptivist view - damage to the English langugae
- Aitchison was a descriptivist - no evidence to say that one form of language is superior to another and people choose to code switch for many reasons

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