could be difficult for children to
learn the correct SE
Scouse and Cockney accents are annoying, mistrust people
with this.
Standard English= better jobs.
Dialect levelling may be bad as if the
accents start to converge then it will be
hard to have their own identity
however, this will make it easier to
communicate.
dialect levelling is when accents convergence with on another from different parts of the county, over time they become similar.
code switching- adapt your accent to suit the circumstance (
e.g. a interview)
Black English- a dialect of American English characteristics by pronunciations, syntactical structures and
vocabulary used and associated with North American black people and a wide range of forms varying to
the extent to which they differ from SE
what has influenced our
accent and dialect?
invasions
migration
media
social groups
class
community
Ethnicity- representing a shared sense of identity and history. An ethnic group is therefore
a group of people who see themselves as being distinctive in some way fromothers.
Polari- British gay men developed the eclectic,
secretive slang at a time when society stigmatised
them.
dialect- not just about the words you use, it is also about how both syntax and morphology can vary.