Accent & Dialect - Diversity Flashcards
Name 6 Accent & Dialect theories
- Watt
- Trudgill
- Comres Survey
- Montgomery
- Kerswill
- Aitchison
- Watt
Sounds of the future report said that the βthβ sound would disappear by 2066 due to the growing influence of MLE.
- Trudgill
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
- Comres Survey
2013
28% of Britains felt they had been prejudiced against because of their accents
- Montgomery
TV accents
RP = conveying expertise
Regional rural accent = advertising natural products
Regional urban accents = Comedic effect
- Kerswill
Multicultural London English (MLE) is rapidly spreading amongst teens.
- Aitchison
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