Accent and Dialect-Key Terminology Flashcards
(19 cards)
Accommodation Theory
We adjust our speech to suit the person we are addressing- Howard Giles
Convergence
moving our speech (accent) closer to the speech of the other person
Divergence
moving our speech away from the other person
Downward Convergence
moving speech away from RP to accommodate non RP speaking listeners
Upward Convergence
moving speech closer to RP to accommodate RP speaking listeners
Phoneme
basic unit of a sound
Diphthong
a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable ,where the speaker glides from one to another
Voiced Sounds
sounds made with a vibrating voice box
Unvoiced Sounds
sounds made without a vibrating voice box
Place of Articulation
the position in the mouth were a constant sound is produced
International Phonetic Alphabet
the ‘alphabet’ of all sounds used in languages across the world
Long a
the vowel sound used in ‘part’
Short a
the vowel sound used in ‘cat’
Schwa
the vowel sound ‘ah’
Rhotic
speakers who pronounce the post - vocalic ‘r’ such as accents in the South West of the UK
Glottal stop
closing off the vocal chords to prevent sounds from coming out
‘th’ fronting
using ‘f’ instead of ‘th’ e.g ‘nofing’
Social mobility
a persons move from ones social class to another
Prescriptivism
An attitude where language is viewed as correct/incorrect
