Modern English Dialects Flashcards
1
Q
Modern English dialects are divided into…
A
Modern and Traditional
2
Q
4 traditional dialect areas
A
North, West Midlands, East Midlands, South-West
3
Q
Features that are distinctive in modern dialects
A
Vowel of but, /r/ in arm, /ŋg/ vs /ŋ/ in singer, vowel sound in new, few
4
Q
Received pronunciation
A
Educated accent of London and the Home Counties
5
Q
received pronunciation emeged along with…
A
The establishment of the British education system, where middle and upper classes mingled for the first time
6
Q
Responsible of the spread of the Received Pronunciation
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BBC
7
Q
Received Pronunciation varies
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According to age of speaker, region, style.
8
Q
5 dipthongs
A
/ei/ /ai/ /aʊ/ /oʊ/ /ɔɪ/
9
Q
4 centering dipthongswhere rhotic dialecs have /r/
A
/ɪə/ /eə/ /ɔə/ /ʊə/
