Petyt and Macauly's Studies Flashcards
1
Q
What accent feature did Petyt look at?
A
h-dropping at the start of words
2
Q
Where did Petyt do their studies?
A
West Yorkshire
3
Q
What did Petyt end up finding?
A
h-dropping was common in West Yorkshire
4
Q
What did Macauly look at? Where?
A
Looked at omission of the ‘t’ phoneme in Glasgow
5
Q
What did Macauly find?
A
Correlation between ‘t’ phoneme dropping and social class
6
Q
What percentage of lower working class speakers used glottal stops?
A
70% of lower working class speakers used glottal stops
7
Q
What percentage of middle and upper class speakers used glottal stops in Macauly’s study?
A
0%
