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9 Cards in this Set
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John Honey (1977)
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accent and dialect
- Children should be taught SE at school (equal opportunities -children will be disadvantaged if they don't know how to use it -SE ensures everyone will be able to understand each other |
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Workman (2008)
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accent and dialect
-studied peoples perceptions of accents - rated the intelligence of people in photos differently depending on what accent they had - Yorkshire accent most intelligent - Birmingham accent least intellegent |
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Milroy and Milroy (1985)
Education |
accent and dialect
- all varieties of English should be treated equally -however children should be encouraged to use SE |
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Howard Giles (1970)
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accent and dialect
-individual who naturally spoke more than one dialect, read out the same passage -4 groups arguing against Capital punishment -preference of RP accent and has the most impact on the listener |
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Milroy and Milroy (1980)
Belfast |
accent and dialect
-high network strength score correlated with use of non standard forms - men had tight knit network and high usage of non standard forms -women's network less dense belonging to more personal groups |
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William Labov (1963)
Martha's Vineyard |
accent and dialect
-research into the way diphthongs were pronounced -inhabitants identifying as vineyarders - rejecting values of mainland -used to impose superoirity, became the norm |
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William Labov (1972)
New York department stores |
accent and dialect
-way postconsonantal sound is pronounced differently in different floors of a New York department store - link between superior pronunciation and social class |
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Peter Trudgill (1974
Norwich |
accent and dialect
- three variables in Norwich speech - 'n' sounds in words, glottal stop, loss of initial 'h' -other factors not taken into consideration such as gender |
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Jenny Cheshire (1982)
Reading |
accent and dialect
- relationship between use of dialect and adherence to peer group culture (boys and girls in playground) -language used was integral part of the group |