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Dialect & Accent. Henna & Siiri. Dialect. In Finnish: murre Simplified meaning: “Differences in words and grammar that reveal which country or part of the country a person comes from.” (Lockwood)
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Dialect & Accent Henna & Siiri
Dialect • In Finnish: murre • Simplified meaning: “Differences in words and grammar that reveal which country or part of the country a person comes from.” (Lockwood) • There are many different dialects of English spoken around the world. e.g. in U.S.A, Scotland, Ireland, England, Jamaica, Australia. (Shiach) • It is not true that standard English has correct grammar and other dialects English don’t Each dialect has grammar that is suitable for that specific dialect. (Shiach) http://zyiyi.wordpress.com/category/accent-and-dialect/ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/02/1080544691661.html
Standard and NonstandardEnglish Standard English • is the most common dialect of English • is used in: newspapers, magazines, television and radio as well as educational, legal and other important documents (Shiach) Nonstandard English • Most words can be used in both standard and nonstandard English. Main differences to standard English are in the use of pronouns and specific forms of verbs • e.g. standard: He doesn’t trust me OR He did it himself nonstandard: He don’t trust me OR He did it hisself (Warriner)
Differences in Vocabulary • There are also differences in the vocabulary between different dialects. e.g. British English and American English: American British - truck - lorry - cookie - biscuit - fries - chips - chips - crisps - the movies - the cinema - pacifier - dummy - mail - post (English Club)
Accent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-en-iDeZEE&feature=youtu.be&t=2m35s • In Finnish: Aksentti • Accent is the way a person pronounces words • Can differ between social groups and different areas.(Lockwood) • Different countries and different parts of countries have different accents • (e.g. England, Scotland, northern & southern • U.S.A., Japan, etc.) • Accent has nothing to do with how to spell a word. Even though words like ”lorry” and ”truck” are often stated only as different accents, they are actually only different dialects.
Received Pronunciation (RP) • Also known as the Queen’s English (bl.uk) • Described as ”typical English” (bl.uk) • Though is estimated that only 2-3% of the population of UK are RP speakers (Trudgill, bl.uk) • It is the accent that doesn’t tell from which region are you from (bl.uk) • Standard English is usually the dialect for RP (bl.uk) • Phonemic transcriptions in dictionarys are based on RP (or RP & General American) (Szynalski, bl.uk)
Works Cited • English Club. "British English/American English Vocabulary." British English/American English Vocabulary. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Aug. 2013. <http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/british-american.htm>. • Lockwood, Liz. English to 14. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Print. • "Received Pronunciation." Received Pronunciation.N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Aug. 2013. <http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/received-pronunciation/>. • Shiach, Don. Grammar to 14. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Print. • soundlyawake. "35 Accents in English Language". Youtube. 12.11.2010. <http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-en-iDeZEE> • Szynalski, Tomasz P. "Introduction to Phonetic Transcription." Antimoon: How to Learn English Effectively. Antimoon, n.d. Web. 26 Aug. 2013. <http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-trans.htm>. • Warriner, Jhon. English Composition and Grammar. Orlando: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, 1988. Print. • •Trudgill, Peter. "The Sociolinguistics of Modern RP." Sociolinguistics of Modern RP. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Aug. 2013 . <http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/trudgill.htm>.
