Features distinguishing accents from each other Flashcards
What are accents?
Ways of pronouncing words
What are dialects?
Ways of speaking with different words
What is an example of an accent feature?
Pronouncing your “t”’s heavily or not pronouncing them at all
What is an example of the North-South Divide between accents in the 1500’s?
South started saying “put” with a less phonetic “u” sound but the north kept the more phonetic sound
What is the highest status accent in Britain?
Received Pronunciation
What is th-fronting?
Where a “th” sound becomes like an “f” sound
What are glottal stops?
When letters are missed out in words
What is an example of a glottal stop?
bu’er for butter
What is L-vocalization?
When “l” pronunciation turns more in to “w” pronunciation
What is an example of L-Vocalization?
“miwk” for “milk”
How did the industrial revolution impact accent variation?
Workers from Northern towns moved to more southern areas
How did the Liverpool Accent change due to the Industrial Revolution?
Lots of people moved there from Ireland, Africa and China
How could RP be seen as a social dialect?
In the North, people might sometimes change their phonetic “a” sound to the “ah” sound
What is “Yod-Dropping”?
Substituting one sound for a more harsh sound
What is an example of yod-dropping?
“Tuesday” to “Choose Day”
What is Accentism?
Discrimination to accents
What % of Britain speak RP?
2%
Which type of people use RP?
People with high status
What is Dialect Levelling?
When differences between accents are lost over time
What might cause Dialect Levelling?
Social changes
What is an example of an accent that could experience Dialect Levelling in the future?
Received Pronunciation
Where did RP come from?
It did not come from any specific part of England and is spoken in different parts of the UK
