DIVERSITY REGIONAL (ACCENTS AND DIALECTS)

Question 1

standard english

Answer 1

expected standard of English to ensure mutual intelligibility - accepted form of correct English (prescriptive perspective)

Question 2

code switching

Answer 2

when a bilingual speaker will user and alternate between both languages when speaking

Question 3

convergence

Answer 3

making the language more like the person there talking to

Question 4

divergence

Answer 4

changing ones language in order to move away from that of another individual

Question 5

received pronunciation

Answer 5

standard form of British pronunciation based on educated speech, widely accepted everywhere (originates from London )

Question 6

whats the Howard Giles theory (1975)

Answer 6

Communication Accommodation Theory

Question 7

what did the CAT theory show

Answer 7

Giles’ study showed how individuals adapt aspects of their own language to signal their feelings about the person they’re speaking to