Beretta and Teacher's Speech by Neil Hussey https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta Made with a little mischief en-us 2022-01-27 10:40:57 UTC 2026-01-20 13:48:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015697498 Starts off with interrogative - uses dynamic verb "wipe out", connotations of a battle/war. Pre-modifier "regional" - gives indication of the topic and implies they are less favoured.]]> 2022-01-27 12:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015697498 Written by a publication of the Guardian, writer would have training and a degree in order to write journalism https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015698532 Therefore they would know what they would talk about, also use northern slang "job's a good un' could infer knowledge about northern england ]]> 2022-01-27 12:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015698532 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015699496 noun 'role model' implies regional accent presents poor presentation. Honey- SE should be taught in school]]> 2022-01-27 12:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015699496 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015700031 "Job's a good 'un" - colloquial, appeals more to a northern reader, more familiar - writer using personal power. Positions reader naturally against the "academic snobbery".]]> 2022-01-27 12:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015700031 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015701292 Writer from the Guardian, from a mainstream left-wing perspective. Referencing an academic study with facts as backup.]]> 2022-01-27 12:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015701292 Guardian and the use of academic study https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015704450 The writer uses language theorists such as, Alexander Baratta and Peter Trudgill, giving the text a level of authority and that this is simply not an opinion but backed by study giving the article more validity but emphasising that this continues to be a contentious issue ]]> 2022-01-27 12:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015704450 Guardian's perspective https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015704523 The Guardian holds multiple Northern references within the piece e.g. "Northern powers" and "Job's a good 'un".

Shows bias towards Northern Language users and hints rejection to Southern RP]]> 2022-01-27 12:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015704523 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705347 Those with different accents that don’t sound middle class either told to ‘change their accents’ or ‘go back to where they came from’ - this is almost dehumanising those with different accents and making it seem like they don’t have what it takes for the job]]> 2022-01-27 12:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705347 "Better role models for students" https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705381 Implies those who speak with covert prestiege have less of a positive influence on children, the way that you speak can affect how children grow up]]> 2022-01-27 12:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705381 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705610 ‘what he terms “linguistic prejudice”’ - presence of a formal term for this highlight the significance of the issue. Suggests it is contentious and highly debated]]> 2022-01-27 12:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705610 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705814 Alexander Baretta- linguistic researcher
reported that teachers from the north and Midlands are being asked to lose their regional accents to be better role models. Implies how their accents are viewed in a negative light and aren’t seen as as successful as others in the job industry. It also suggests how if teachers don’t have a certain accent then they won’t be role models to the school children. ]]> 2022-01-27 12:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705814 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705996 "Identical types of people" - suggesting that accent is linked with a sense of identity and individuality - writer has an underlying way of leaning towards being in favor of having different regional accents.]]> 2022-01-27 12:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015705996 Shares 767 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015707804 Suggesting that many feel as if this is a major problem in society today and how more awareness needs to be brought to the issue ]]> 2022-01-27 12:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015707804 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015708748 ‘trainer teachers’, ‘supervisors’ - contrast highlights the varying positional power, power imbalance observed in these roles]]> 2022-01-27 12:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015708748 "we're all being taught that the only acceptable role model- intelligent, authoritative, responsible- is now a middle-class one" https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015709404 the pre modifier "acceptable" presents the attitude that overt prestige is the preferred dialect in society linking to the SE norm selection. the inference of intelligence implies that covert dialects lack the same level of education. thus targeting the prejudice of northern dialects in comparison to southern dialects. this is clarified by the triadic structure "intelligent, authoritative, responsible" all of which are stereotypical connotations of the SE society given the implications of wealth and power (Omar and Haughen). thus expressing how the overt dialects are preferred and therefore seen as more "acceptable" due to the stereotypes of northerners versus southerners lifestyles. ]]> 2022-01-27 12:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015709404 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015709761 The audience themselves may have a regional accent or dialect. The article is from the Guardian which is a left leaning news source and has a readership mainly in the north. Many teachers have left wing, socialist beliefs which means they will agree with what is being said. Therefore, it is targeted at these people in an effect to expose how the south is prejudice to northern accents and dialects. ]]> 2022-01-27 12:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015709761 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015712201 ‘trying to wipe out’
interrogative of ‘trying’ implies how they may not be successful in getting rid of regional accents.]]> 2022-01-27 12:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015712201 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015713121 "Downton effect" - cultural reference to explain an attitude to language, links with a "posh" stereotype.]]> 2022-01-27 12:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015713121 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015717756 ‘firm instruction: “Nobody from Liverpool, please.”’ - premodifier ‘firm’ presents this as indisputable and uncompromisable, clear bias against Liverpudlian dialect.
Addition of ‘please’ uses manner/politeness maxims (Grice), attempting to soften the tone of the declarative.]]> 2022-01-27 12:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015717756 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015719005 “Northern Powerhouse” 
The use of the compound noun to suggest a sense of drive to describe the Northern, inference to the hard working labours and the working class force that drives the country. 
The title has no significant value, and is just used to give a meaning to the working class which is associated with the North ]]> 2022-01-27 12:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015719005 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/baretta/wish/2015720912 noun 'powerhouse' implies northern dialect has power, but in reality it doesn't

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