Accent And Dialect Theories

Front 1

John Honey (1977)

Back 1

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

Front 2

Workman (2008)

Back 2

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

Front 3

Milroy and Milroy (1985)
Education

Back 3

accent and dialect
- all varieties of English should be treated equally
-however children should be encouraged to use SE

Front 4

Howard Giles (1970)

Back 4

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

Front 5

Milroy and Milroy (1980)
Belfast

Back 5

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

Front 6

William Labov (1963)
Martha's Vineyard

Back 6

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

Front 7

William Labov (1972)
New York department stores

Back 7

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

Front 8

Peter Trudgill (1974
Norwich

Back 8

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

Front 9

Jenny Cheshire (1982)
Reading

Back 9

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