Accent & Dialect - Diversity

Question 1

Name 6 Accent & Dialect theories

Answer 1

1. Watt
2. Trudgill
3. Comres Survey
4. Montgomery
5. Kerswill
6. Aitchison

Question 2

1. Watt

Answer 2

Sounds of the future report said that the ‘th’ sound would disappear by 2066 due to the growing influence of MLE.

Question 3

2. Trudgill

Answer 3

Approximately 5% of the population speak RP

Norwich Study of /n/ and /ng/ sounds.

• Working class people more likely to drop the /g/ sound e.g. running
• Men more likely to use non-standard forms - identity
• Women perceive themselves as using RP more

Question 4

3. Comres Survey

Answer 4

2013

28% of Britains felt they had been prejudiced against because of their accents

Question 5

4. Montgomery

Answer 5

TV accents
RP = conveying expertise
Regional rural accent = advertising natural products
Regional urban accents = Comedic effect

Question 6

5. Kerswill

Answer 6

Multicultural London English (MLE) is rapidly spreading amongst teens.

Question 7

6. Aitchison

Answer 7

Crumbling Castle / Damp Spoon Syndrome / Infectious Disease Assumption
Pointed out the prescriptivist view - damage to the English langugae
- Aitchison was a descriptivist - no evidence to say that one form of language is superior to another and people choose to code switch for many reasons