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English Language - Language Diversity - Regional Variations

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By: Tom Greenhouse
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Decks in this class (13)

Features distinguishing accents from each other
What are accents,
What are dialects,
What is an example of dialect
23  cards
Standard English, Dialect Levelling, Estuary English
What is standard english,
What do prescriptivists call stan...,
What made the standard english di...
13  cards
Devon Accent Information
What roots does the devon accent ...,
What is present in the west count...,
What is happening to the devon ac...
11  cards
Similarities and Differences between Estuary English and RP
Which accent out of ee and rp hav...,
What is an example of l vocalization,
Which accent has more usage of gl...
14  cards
Lexical and Grammatical Variations between EE and RP
What will estuary english speaker...,
What is more common with combinin...,
What is elision
3  cards
Similarities and Differences between Estuary English and Cockney
When is cockney more likely to do...,
What is an example of cockney h d...,
Do ee and cockney both use th fro...
7  cards
Lexical and Grammatical Variations between EE and Cockney
Which accent uses multiple negation,
What is an example of multiple ne...,
How are adverbs different in cock...
5  cards
Similarities between Cockney and Received Pronunciation
Does rp have th fronting does coc...,
Does rp have yod dropping,
When will cockney drop h s
6  cards
Lexical and Grammatical Variations between Cockney and RP
How are vowel sounds in cockney d...,
What is the scale of cockney rhym...
2  cards
Standard Accents
What is considered to be the stan...,
What is a standard accent conside...,
What is the usual scale of standa...
11  cards
Inherent Value Hypothesis vs Imposed Norm Hypothesis
What is the inherent value hypoth...,
What is the imposed norm hypothesis,
Who created the imposed norm hypo...
15  cards
David Crystal and Jane Setters views on Pronunciation
What does jane setter say about p...,
What is another example of jane s...,
What 2 needs does david crystal s...
7  cards
Overt and Covert Prestige
Define overt prestige,
Define covert prestige
2  cards

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