Dialect And Accent Theory

Question 1

Peter Trudgill

Accent and Dialect

Answer 1

Looked at 3 linguistic variables.
- ‘g’ dropping
- glottal ‘t’
- loss of initial ‘h’

Question 2

What was the result of Trudgill’s 1964 test?

Answer 2

Men and lower classes tended to ‘g’ drop more occasionly.

Women over-reported their use of standard forms (to seek overt-prestige)

Men said they used more standard forms than they actually did (seeking covert-prestige)

Question 3

Cheshire Reading study
Accent and Dialect

Answer 3

Studying the relationship between the use of dialect and adherence to peer group culture by young children in Reading.

Question 4

What were the results from Cheshire’s study?
Accent and Dialect

Answer 4

Those who conformed to typical conventions of peer group used the most linguistic standards in the group.

Question 5

Martha’s Vineyard 1963
Accent and Dialect

Answer 5

Labov tested 69 people for their use of diphthongs

> 31 spoke with an American accent
<31-45 spoke with a MV accent

Elders sought solidarity through others in Martha’s Yineyard

Young people sought covert-prestige to be liked by the Americans.

Question 6

Labov NY Dept store
Accent and Dialect

Answer 6

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Question 7

Giles 1970s Matched Guise
Accent and Dialect

Answer 7

5 groups of teenagers sorted into categories based on their opinion of Capital punishment

The speakers had regional and RP accents

Question 8

What was the result of Giles Matched Guide test?
Accent and Dialect

Answer 8

The more prestigious accent you have the more persuasive you can be.

Question 9

Estuary English
Accent and Dialect

Answer 9

• The accent based from the area round the Thames
• gained prestige from the 1980s
• e.g Johnathan Ross

Question 10

Kerswill - Milton Keynes

Question 11

Kerswill - Hull

Question 12

Kerswill - Reading