Received Pronounciation Flashcards
What was RP originally coined as?
Public school pronunciation
What happened when schools tried to incorporate local speech forms?
When some individual schools tried to foster local speech forms, however parents wanted dialect forms kept out of the schools because they preferred that their children should talk smart when they’re grown up
How did RP spray more?
RP began to be used on the media ( radio, TV, broadcasting)
What good things is RP associated with?
Associated with competence, authority, intelligence
What are bad things that are associated with RP?
Low attractiveness, low sincerity, low sense of humour
What are the reasons for the attitudes towards RP?
RP is seen as ruling
Stereotypes perpetuated by mass media
What 3 types of RP did Gimson describe?
Conservative - spoken by older generation
General
Advanced - younger speakers and exclusive social groups
What 3 types of RP did Wells define?
Upper crust - conservative equivalent
Mainstream - equivalent to general
Adoptive - the RP spoken by those who acquire the accent after childhood
Give an example of a conservative RP speaker
Brian Sewell
Give an example of advanced RP speakers
People from made in Chelsea
Give example of a mainstream RP speaker
Stephen fry
Give an example of an adoptive RP speaker
David Beckham
What percentage of people are now natural speakers of RP?
3%
Give example of upper crust features
House /hais/ to rhyme with mice
Give example of mainstream feature
Cup pronounced /knp/
This means that the u is like a light a
