MLE Flashcards
1
Q
What is MLE short for?
A
Multicultural London English
2
Q
Are old or young people more likely to speak MLE?
A
Young people
3
Q
What does “Peak” mean?
A
Unlucky
4
Q
What does “Bare” mean?
A
A lot of something
5
Q
What does “Creps” mean?
A
Shoes
6
Q
Where did MLE come from?
A
Immigrants to London
7
Q
What did many London Cockney speakers move to at the end of WWII?
A
Outer London
8
Q
What was the popular accent in London before WWII?
A
Cockney
9
Q
What is the ‘language contact situation’?
A
When people from many different ethnic backgrounds are all in one area
10
Q
What happens with language features in a ‘language contact sitruation’?
A
New features are created
11
Q
What is a feature pool?
A
The amount of features present in a dialect
12
Q
Does MLE have a large or small feature pool?
A
Large feature pool
