Accent and Dialect Flashcards

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Jocks and Burnouts study - Eckhert

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  • Burnouts used more uses of obscenities and slang
  • Greetings differed among the groups
  • Burnouts spoke ungrammatically (using more double negatives)
  • Differences in patterns of pronunciation (Burnouts - Detroit accent and Jocks - Socially prestigious accent)
  • Jocks were criticised for speaking like their parents and the Burnouts were criticised for swearing
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Eckhert gender pronunciation

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Similarities in male pronunciation and burnout pronunciation and similarities in female pronunciation and jock pronunciation.

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Giles accomodation theory

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