Regional accents of English

Description and Analysis of some features of the Hull accent and dialect and how these features differ from Standard English I. Introduction When foreign learners come to the UK at the first time, they are usually surprised to discover that the native speakers seem to speak faster than expected and be different in many ways from the English the foreign learners have learned. It is possibly differences of pronunciation that will directly shock them, foreign learners may also pay attention to differences of grammar and vocabulary. This essay will describe some features of the Hull accent and dialect. According to English Accents & Dialects (2013: Hull-or Kingston upon Hull, to give the city its full designation, which is the largest urban area…

“Language variation means that a given language like English is not one uniform and homogeneous system, but that it contains many, slightly or strongly diverging subsystems or varieties.” (Dirven 2004: 204) In order to understand the term variety different concepts must be defined. This essay discusses the differences and similarities of the concepts of accent and dialect. While the first part of this essay deals with the term accent, the second part deals with its contrast term, the dialect.…

also from London could use Posh i.e. dialect which is rather using by upper class speakers like progenys of aristocracy or even The Royal Family. Moreover, the social dialects could be used in the whole United Kingdom and it does not matter where these users come from, Northern England or Cornwall, but the Cockney exist only in London. In "Varieties of English, Second Edition" (page 75) by Dennis Freeborn social variable is dramatise as "The first, and most obvious, social grouping related to…

States left their mark on various regions as they brought their accents, such as African languages molding dialects of the South and how French and English is intermingled by Cajuns in Louisiana. However, the documentary demonstrates and highlights how people tend to create stereotypes for people who do not speak the same way they do and how people may even change their accent to be accepted. Because the filmmakers used many examples of regional speech and the attitudes that…

English. Subtitles are used recurrently for multiple characters throughout the show, which differentiate it from any of the other shows that are or can be observed. It seems there is a rising attention brought to the struggle with southern dialects by the inclusion of these subtitles. For the viewer, it almost implies that southerners are backwards, uneducated, and are unable to communicate in the ways in which the general audience is able to communicate. It seems that the language barrier is…

Why does it occur? The first factor we need to discuss is the need to be understood. When we meet someone from a different region or country and we have the necessity to communicate and be understood we will automatically standardize the way we speak. The speaker sometimes can acquire an awareness of what kind of features the interlocutors will struggle to understand (see Hugen’s 1966 discussion of intra-scandinavian communication) and accommodate his dialect or accent. The reasons behind this…

Conservative received pronunciation, upper-crust received pronunciation or simply U-RP is likely one of the most fascinating accents of English. According to Peter Trudgill's estimation in 1974 only 3% of British population were considered being true RP speakers. Received pronunciation is, in fact, a minority accent. Consequently, conservative RP, as its less used and more archaic variety, has even fewer speakers. The aim of this paper is twofold: first, to outline the concept of a social…

Language vs Dialect vs Accent • Language is a collection of dialects that are usually linguistically similar used by different social groups who choose to say that they are speakers of one language which functions to unite & represent them to other groups. • Dialect deals with vocabulary, grammar, phonology, pronunciation, etc. • Accent deals with pronunciation and phonology • Regional variation 1. A variety of a language spoken by a particular group based on region (caused by geographical…

while English has changed rapidly in the past 300 years. There are two main aspects of change. They are: 1) terms used for objects, actions, and concepts and 2) how words are pronounced. Of these aspects of change, terms are the first to change. Some terms are borrowed from other languages. For example, salsa, a Spanish word for a spicy tomato sauce, has become commonplace in spoken English in the United States. Today more salsa is purchased in the United States than ketchup according to one…

two cultures, one self: Between Polish and English “But as I struggled to transfer this thought from Polish into English, I realized that it was not possible to do so… So the only practical solution was to change the intended message…" (Wierzbicka, 97). This is an example of the classic expression of “getting lost in translation”. Even though the message is conveyed, the entire context may not be. Lots of misunderstandings take place. The teacher that is involve with this type of situation…