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Accents and Dialects of the British Isles

Accents and Dialects of the British Isles. Unit 1: Attitudes to Accent. Phonology Lexis Grammar Discourse Graphology Semantics Pragmatics. Vocal or sound aspects Vocabulary used by speakers Structure of words /sentences Structure of paragraphs / texts Visual appearance of texts

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Accents and Dialects of the British Isles

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  1. Accents and Dialects of the British Isles Unit 1: Attitudes to Accent

  2. Phonology Lexis Grammar Discourse Graphology Semantics Pragmatics Vocal or sound aspects Vocabulary used by speakers Structure of words /sentences Structure of paragraphs / texts Visual appearance of texts Word meanings / associations How implied meanings / social relationships are conveyed Frameworks

  3. Accent A variety of pronunciation. English speakers use around 45 phonemes or speech sounds. A speaker's accent consists of the selection and distribution of those sounds. Everyone has an accent. Most accents are associated with particular geographical areas.

  4. Received Pronunciation This is the prestige accent in Britain. It is often said to have no regional associations, although its origins are in the southeast. It first appeared at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Educated, middle class speakers throughout the country speak RP. It is the accent of BBC newsreaders.

  5. Discuss the following questions… • Can people guess where you come from by the way you speak? • If this is not true of you, do you know people of whom it is true? • Which features of your speech (or that of your friends’) give a clue to where you come from? • Has anyone (parents, teachers, strangers) ever criticised, corrected or laughed at the way you speak? • If so, what features of your speech did they pick on? • How did it feel and how did you respond?

  6. Table of Attitudes

  7. TASKS • Rewrite the poem in Standard English prose, and discuss what has happened to the poem in the process • What is Tom Leonard really saying?

  8. By Tom Leonard

  9. HOMEWORK • Place the following statements in order of importance, then write at least three paragraphs to comment on your choices. We will feed back on this in class.

  10. Place in order of importance • All newsreaders went to similar kinds of schools and had a similar education, so they all have a similar accent; • Not everyone would be able to understand the broadcast if they used strong regional accents; • People would find the news less believable and take it less seriously if it were spoken in a strong regional accent.

  11. Homework due next lesson

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