Region And Accent

Question 1

Accommodation Theory - Giles

Answer 1

Convergence - moving closer to the other speaker
Divergence - Create distance between you and the speaker

Question 2

Dialect

Answer 2

What we say (Bread-roll debate)

Question 3

Accent

Answer 3

How we say it (Glottal stop, f rather then th)

Question 4

Perceptions of Accents

Answer 4

Change depending on the persons values, what interests them

Question 5

Dr. Lance Workmen

Answer 5

Looked at attractiveness and found nothing.
Looked at intelligence and found;
1. Yorkshire
2.. RP
3. Birmingham

Question 6

Giles - personality

Answer 6

Rp - cold, ruthless and intelligent
Regional - Warm, kind

Question 7

Dicks and Monyhen

Answer 7

-Perceptions of guilt

Question 8

Types of RP

Answer 8

-Mainstream
-Contemporary
-Conservative
(Estory English, being classes)

Question 9

Giles - Accommodation Theory

Answer 9

Convergence - Moving closer to the other speaker
Divergence - Creating distance from the other speaker