Dialect Levelling by Neil Hussey https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2021-06-30 12:38:24 UTC 2021-06-30 12:58:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631668317 stereotypes about intelligence etc might cause people to deliberately converge closer to rp]]> 2021-06-30 12:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631668317 maybe due to media interference? For example, viewing that some dialects are less intelligent https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631668608 2021-06-30 12:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631668608 globalisation? https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631668964 2021-06-30 12:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631668964 code switching https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631670046 someone would switch to overt prestiege to increase chances of getting a job, but use covert with casual friends]]> 2021-06-30 12:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631670046 Change to seem more professional, job interviews https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631670296 2021-06-30 12:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631670296 overt and covert prestige https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631671226 2021-06-30 12:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631671226 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631671922 'proper english' is the standard English which we would use in formal settings such as a job interview. However, slang words would be used in more informal settings. There are a time and place for types of English ]]> 2021-06-30 12:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631671922 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631673580 Proper English can also be known as The Queen's English- proper pronunciation of words. 5% of people speak it ]]> 2021-06-30 12:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631673580 prescriptivists sort of set the standard for proper rules of grammar and pronunciation https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631674062


]]> 2021-06-30 12:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631674062 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631678270 Linguists have linked the way we speak with the unusually large population movement during the second world war and the years of urban regeneration- which increased opportunities for different dialects to come into contact with one another]]> 2021-06-30 12:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631678270 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631681445 During the Second World War, increased opportunities for different dialects to come into contact with one another allowed for mixing and gaining new terms etc]]> 2021-06-30 12:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631681445 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631682439 By 2030 we might see less diversity of accents  in England]]> 2021-06-30 12:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631682439 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631685109 local features of traditional regional dialects have been worn away, while characteristics from elsewhere have spread, particularly a set of consonant sounds usually associated with london]]> 2021-06-30 12:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/level26t/wish/1631685109