Accent and Dialect Flashcards
(11 cards)
what is accent?
the way we produce the same words
what is dialect?
words that are specific to a certain region
what is Giles and Powersland’s matched guise technique 1995?
they played a variety of different accents to teenagers and asked which was more aestheticly pleasing and which ones werent.
what was found in the matched guise technique?
there were patterns of stereotypical attitudes based towards certain accents
standered RP speekers were seen as more prestigious and intelligent.
rural reigional accents were aestheticly pleasing but were seen as less inteligent.
broad reigional accents associated with urban and industrial areas were seen as unintelligent and unatractive.
what were the most liked accents?
southern irish
welsh
yorkshire
west country
geordie
northern irish
what were the least liked accents?
brummie
scouse
mancunian (manchester)
cockney
glasweigion
what is slang?
words or phrases that are considered colloquial or informal but are used by a specific group of people
what are lexical variables?
different words for the same thing but is used differently in certain areas
e.g dinner - south Tea - north
what are idioms?
a phrase that has a widely known meaning but is different from the dictionary definition
e.g “youve hit the nail on the head”
what was leslie milroy’s belfast study 1975
the idea that there ore 2 social networks- open and closed
she gave people a network strength score based on their knowledge of others in the community and workplace to give a score 1-5.
those who had a high score had closed networks.
men used more non-standard word than women suggesting that men belonged to tighter-knit groups that women.
what were Bernstien’s 2 codes 1971?
restricted code: short and uncomplete sentences used by mainly working classes
elaborated code: more complex and complete sentences containing lots of grammar mainly used by the middle and upper classes.
