week 12 Flashcards
1
Q
Increased geographical mobility
A
leads to:
1.dialect levelling
2. supra-local diffusion
2
Q
Estuary English
A
mix of cockney and RP
t-glottolisation
w for l
th-fronting and h-dropping
classless accent
3
Q
MLE
A
= multicultural Londen English
multi ethnolect
levelling was/were
th-fronting
NO H-DROPPING
discourse markers (innit)
stigmatized