Language and Region

Question 1

Foulkes and Docherty “th” study

Answer 1

In their book ‘urban voice’, Foulkes and Docherty discuss the replacement f ‘th’ with ‘f’ or ‘v’ and how this phonological variant has spread from its original origins in London.

Question 2

Ives - Bradford, London Study

Answer 2

Ives commissioned 2 studies to be carried out in London and Bradford in order to explore the new dialects which had a growing use of code-switching. In each study the participants were questioned and subsequently discussed their language use, and more specifically, their dialect. Some of the key features of the dialect he found were replacing Standard English verb form, changing a noun to a verb and changing a noun to a verb and changing an abstract noun to a less abstract form.