week 12 Flashcards

1
Q

Increased geographical mobility

A

leads to:
1.dialect levelling
2. supra-local diffusion

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2
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Estuary English

A

mix of cockney and RP
t-glottolisation
w for l
th-fronting and h-dropping
classless accent

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3
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MLE

A

= multicultural Londen English
multi ethnolect
levelling was/were
th-fronting
NO H-DROPPING
discourse markers (innit)
stigmatized

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