Features: Regional Accents

Question 1

Phonological: Cockney

Answer 1

Glottal stops, TH-fronting, H-dropping (e.g., “house” becomes “’ouse”).

Question 2

Phonological: Scouse

Answer 2

Drops Th- front
Rising intonation

Question 3

Phonological: Yorkshire

Answer 3

Short vowels (e.g., “bath” rhymes with “math”)

dropping of articles (e.g., “t’pub”).

Question 4

Lexical Features

Answer 4

Regionalisms (e.g., “bairn” for child in the North East, “ginnel” for alley in Yorkshire).

Variation in terms for everyday items (e.g., “breadcake” vs. “bap” vs. “roll”).

Question 5

Grammatical Features

Answer 5

Double modals in some areas (e.g., “might could”).

Non-standard verb conjugations (e.g., “We was” in Midlands English).

Use of specific prepositions (e.g., “while” instead of “until” in Northern English).