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Silence is more intelligent than a brummie accent

Lance Workman

Accent rating

Paul Kerswill

Milton Keynes, Reading and Hull study (1999)

Dialect levelling and CAT

Peter Trudgill

Norwich Study (1972/4)

2, 3, 4, 5

What was trudgill investigating?

G dropping, H dropping and glottal stops

What variables was Peter Trudgill investigating?

2 genders, 3 sounds, 4 contexts, 5 class divisions

Which condition of Trudgill's study the most formal

Reading a list

The least formal was the casual conversation

In the Norwich study, who was found to use more nonstandard forms of speaking?

Men and lower social classes

Who did Kerswill interview for his study?

Adolescents, their caregivers and older members of the town

Why did Kerswill pick Hull for his study?

-geographically isolated -economically depressed in comparison to the other places-It's cut off from the south with a closed social network