accent and dialect

Question 1

accent

Answer 1

pronunciation associated with a geographical location

Question 2

dialect

Answer 2

words and syntactical structures associated with a particular region

Question 3

received pronunciation

Answer 3

accent of standard English as spoken in the south of England

Question 4

what makes up an accent

Answer 4

combination of pitch, rhythm and stresses in a persons speech, as well as how the vowels and consonants are chosen

Question 5

Paul Kerswill (Milton Keynes study)

Answer 5

• investigated 10 speech sounds in the milton keynes area
• two of these are the dipthong (ou) in coat, moan etc.
• focused on 48 children (groups of 16)
• quizzes, mapreading, spot the difference
• spontaneous speech, interviewing children, recording them speaking to friends and family
  -Children on average front their vowels more than adults.

Question 6

Dialect Leveling

Answer 6

Milroy says social mobility leads to disruption of close knit communities

Question 7

C.A.T

Answer 7

Howard Giles
convergence - altering speech to match
divergence - altering speech to differentiate

Question 8

Lance Workman

Answer 8

Stereotypes shape our perception of accents

Question 9

Covert Prestige

Answer 9

gain respct from subcultures

Question 10

Overt Prestige

Answer 10

identify with and gain respect with and from the dominant power group

Question 11

repetoire

Answer 11

range of varieties of language a speaker might use in certain communicators

Question 12

Labov (vineyard)

Answer 12

pop. 6000, 40,000 summer visitors
phonological variation
interviwed poeple, speak dipthong
pronounciation of dipthong was changing from standardn american
Subconscious to identify as a local
(covert prestige)

Question 13

Montgomery and Bernstein

Answer 13

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