Estuary English Dialect Levelling In Southern Great Britain
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Author | : Swantje Tönnies |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 2008-06-11 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 3638062031 |
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Bayreuth, language: English, abstract: Ever since David Rosewarne first coined the term of Estuary English in 1984, the concept of an evolving dialect that extends across regional and social boundaries has given rise to a heated debate between linguists, some of who predict that Estuary English is threatening to replace RP in its role as a national standard. Sharing phonemic characteristics with both RP and the Cockney dialect, Estuary English has, although regionally confined to the South East of England, become a variety of the English language that crosses borders between different age groups, professions and social backgrounds, and is even represented in the media. This paper shall contrast Estuary English with both Cockney and RP in sociolinguistic terms and on a phonemic level. Further goals are to identify historical and social factors that may explain the current linguistic development in Southern Britain, and finally, to summarize the debate between renowned linguists about whether or not a significant role should be assigned to Estuary English, the dialect somewhere “between Cockney and the Queen” (Rosewarne 1994/37: 3).
Author | : Ulrike Altendorf |
Publisher | : Gunter Narr Verlag |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9783823360223 |
Author | : Swantje Tönnies |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2008-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 3638951812 |
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Bayreuth, 15 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Ever since David Rosewarne first coined the term of Estuary English in 1984, the concept of an evolving dialect that extends across regional and social boundaries has given rise to a heated debate between linguists, some of who predict that Estuary English is threatening to replace RP in its role as a national standard. Sharing phonemic characteristics with both RP and the Cockney dialect, Estuary English has, although regionally confined to the South East of England, become a variety of the English language that crosses borders between different age groups, professions and social backgrounds, and is even represented in the media. This paper shall contrast Estuary English with both Cockney and RP in sociolinguistic terms and on a phonemic level. Further goals are to identify historical and social factors that may explain the current linguistic development in Southern Britain, and finally, to summarize the debate between renowned linguists about whether or not a significant role should be assigned to Estuary English, the dialect somewhere "between Cockney and the Queen" (Rosewarne 1994/37: 3).
Author | : Silja Recknagel |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2007-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 3638844439 |
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Duisburg-Essen (Fachbereich 3), 20 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper aims at giving an overview on the two topics that will be briefly compared at its end: Cockney on the one hand and Estuary English on the other. This comparison and combination results from the question in how far Cockney as one of the two main reference dialects of Estuary English has influenced this rather new accent which recently has gained a lot of public attention. First, a historic account on Cockney is given as well as an overview on its specific phonetic and grammatical features. Finally, its social perception is elaborated. Secondly it is attempted to explain to which phenomena the term Estuary English refers to. In this context, the two influential reference sources are discussed: RP and Cockney at antipodal ends. Furthermore some syntactic and phonetic features of Estuary English are listed. Furthermore, the geographical as well as the social expansion of Estuary English is illustrated. Finally, a brief comparison of Estuary English and Cockney in terms of linguistic status, acceptability, mobility as well as social perception is given. The research on Estuary English is based on two different sorts of texts: On the one hand the advanced layman Rosewarne, who coined the term Estuary English in the first place and who even claims that it could possibly become the new RP, was consulted. On the other hand critical, more recent texts by two linguists served as sources: Ulrike Altendorf s and Joanna Przedlacka s studies, which investigate if a definite Estuary English exists in general.
Author | : Joan C Beal |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2010-11-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0748687262 |
A description of regional varieties of British English, along with discussion of current research in dialectology/ variationist sociolinguistics.
Author | : Alexander Bergs |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2017-10-23 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110525046 |
This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English.
Author | : David Britain |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2007-08-23 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1107320127 |
The British Isles are home to a vast range of different spoken and signed languages and dialects. Language continues to evolve rapidly, in its diversity, in the number and the backgrounds of its speakers, and in the repercussions it has had for political and educational affairs. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the dominant languages and dialects used in the British Isles. Topics covered include the history of English; the relationship between Standard and Non-Standard Englishes; the major non-standard varieties spoken on the islands; and the history of multilingualism; and the educational and planning implications of linguistic diversity in the British Isles. Among the many dialects and languages surveyed by the volume are British Black English, Celtic languages, Chinese, Indian, European migrant languages, British Sign Language, and Anglo-Romani. Clear and accessible in its approach, it will be welcomed by students in sociolinguistics, English language, and dialectology, as well as anyone interested more generally in language within British society.
Author | : James Milroy |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2014-06-03 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317896955 |
While it is accepted that the pronunciation of English shows wide regional differences, there is a marked tendency to under-estimate the extent of the variation in grammar that exists within the British Isles today. In addressing this problem, Real English brings together the work of a number of experts on the subject to provide a pioneer volume in the field of the grammar of spoken English.
Author | : Sali Tagliamonte |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 052186321X |
A groundbreaking account of the linguistic features of four English dialects and their wider implications for English's development.
Author | : Peter Trudgill |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2000-01-28 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780631218142 |
This text celebrates the rich variety of regional and social dialects of English in all its forms, ancient and modern.