Language and Region Flashcards
What is an accent?
ANSWER: An accent refers to the way in which people pronounce sounds
What is a dialect?
ANSWER: The term dialect refers to vocabulary and grammar
What is meant by the term “Non-regional”?
ANSWER: An alternative name for the RP accent (RP is not region specific)
what is meant by the term “inventory”?
ANSWER: a list of items. For example, in phonology, a list of the sounds used in a persons accent (like how many vowels they pronounce)
what is meant by the term “non-standard”?
ANSWER: Different from the normal or majority usage
what us meant by the term “phonetic alphabet”?
ANSWER: it is an alphabet designed for transcribing the sounds of all of the worlds languages
what is meant by the term “prescriptivism/prescriptivist”?
ANSWER: the belief that there is is an absolute authority determining what is correct usage; that correctness is something absolute and unchangeable, based on rules in the past (also the belief that something is perfect the way it is, and changing It and will only cause disruption and. complete destruction.)
what is meant by the term “Descriptivist/descriptivism”?
ANSWER: the belief that correctness is dependant on context and should be defined by what is appropriate in any context. Descriptivist take their norms from observing what the majority of people do, not what any particular authority says they should do
what is meant by the term “Standard”?
ANSWER: used or accepted as normal or average. In language study, socially agreed usage that is familiar to most language users
what is meant by the term “rhotic”?
ANSWER: “rhotic” accents are where speakers produce the “post vocalic /r/”
what is meant by the term “glottal stop”?
ANSWER: A glottal stop is not a sound in itself but a lack of sound: it describes closing off the vocal cords to prevent sound coming out of the mouth. For example pronouncing a word like “Oliday” instead of Holiday
what is meant by the term “covert prestige”?
ANSWER: status gained from peer group recognition, rather than public acknowledgement
what is meant by the term “overt prestige”?
ANSWER: Status that is publicly acknowledged
what is meant by the term “Estuary English”?
ANSWER: A combination of RP English and other regional southern accents
