region Flashcards
labov martha’s vineyard
interviewed different demographics of people to see if vowels pronounced differently fisherman and young men pronounced them differently due to rejecting mainland american norms
giles matched guise part 2
1975 same thing but with 5 different
birmingham and RP: higher
1 written 4 oral brummie: more persuasive rp and written: more impressive
giles matched guise pt 1
1973 (teens) listened to recording of speaker expressing views on subjects same person different accent values opinion of RP accent
kerswill milton keynes
place of added population and social mobility asked children to read aloud + record speech, interviewed, children had diffeent accent to parents dialect levelling
giles= mothers accents
giles accent bias
asked im to rate how prestigious/pleasant each accent is, same for biskins 2004
rp accent identical to own highest
brummie scouse lowest
llamas
middlesbrough, socially homogeneous people, same accent levelling (glottal t)
stockwell
‘yous’ preserves old english grammatical functions that we lost, people should switch between accents rather than change them, glottal t not lazy
jodie comer
actress told to changed her scouse accent by career and family, discrimination
snell
teach children standard english + regional varieties, focusing too much on speaking may make the children not wanna speak up in class
thornborrow identity within language
use of language: identity, people’s views of who we are
kircher + fox (MLE)
online survey - attitude towards MLE among 800 londeners, was rated low, has mixed reaction in media, david starkey negative view
thorne rating of regional accents
native english speakers rated regional accents badly, he tries to disprove this
ian cushing
naturalised belief that RP grammer gives a speaker/writer middle class status + whiteness ie ofsted
trudgill
all dialects are on the same level (continuum). no dialect is better than the other, standard english is one variety among many
