Dialect Theory Flashcards
Paper 2 Section A Revision
What is dialect?
The words and grammar that we use
Regional dialects are specific to a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the country.
location
What is the non-regional dialect in the UK?
Standard English
In the manchester dialect, one might say ‘chuddy’ to mean?
Chewing gum
In Manchester, someone might use the term ‘pants’ to mean _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
trousers
What is the name of the theorist who looked at ‘dialect levelling’?
Paul Kerswill
Paul Kerswill observed that regional varieties of English are d _ _ _ _ o _ _
dying out
Kerswill states that increasing geographical mobility results in greater dialect c _ _ _ _ _ _ between speakers from different regions and so more pressure to use Standard English.
Contact
Because increasing social mobility means that tight-knit working-class communities are breaking down, there is less pressure to speak in a r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ form.
regional
In the Surrey dialect, they used the verb ‘bannick’ to mean what?
To beat or thrash
In the Surrey dialect, they used the adjective ‘timmersome’ to mean what?
Timid
An example of non-standard grammar in the Surrey dialect is?
When they use the non-standard copular verb ‘be’ in ‘how be you?’ instead of ‘how are you’
Most Forest of Dean people live in very closed or open networks?
very closed networks
The Forest of Dean people have preserved a very d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ regional variety.
distinctive
In the Forest of Dean dialect what does ‘Dree on’t’ mean?
Three of us
In the Forest of Dean dialect, what does the term ‘ship’ mean?
Ship; an insult to describe someone who wanders aimlessly around a village.