A-level English Language: Accent & Dialect Vocabulary Week 2

What is the meaning of Discourse?

• The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

• An evidence-based approach to language that describes, in an objective manner, how language is being used

• A unit of language longer than a single sentence. To study discourse is to analyse the use of spoken or written language in a social context

• Delivery of high social status through use of non-standard forms

What is the meaning of Descriptivism?

• The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

• An evidence-based approach to language that describes, in an objective manner, how language is being used

• A unit of language longer than a single sentence. To study discourse is to analyse the use of spoken or written language in a social context

• A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel

What is the meaning of Prescriptivism?

• The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

• An evidence-based approach to language that describes, in an objective manner, how language is being used

• The establishment of rules defining preferred or correct usage of language, sometimes informed by linguistic purism

• A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel

BONUS: Which Prescriptivist coined the phrase 'Proper English' in 2009?

• Jean Aitcheson

• John Edwards

• Jonathan Swift

BONUS: What is this linguistic difference in perspective based on?

• Wealth and Class

• Deficiency and Superiority

• Correctness

• Prestige and Social Identity

What is the meaning of Dipthong?

• The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

• Where a speaker actively distances himself/herself from another speaker by accentuating their own accent or dialect

• Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group

• A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel

What is the meaning of Diagraph?

• Representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat)

• The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

• Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group

• A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel

What is the meaning of Phonology?

• Representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat)

• The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

• Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group

• A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel

What is the meaning of Overt Prestige?

• Representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat)

• An informal, context-bound use of language, with a reduced semantic and syntactic range

• Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group

• Delivery of high social status through use of non-standard forms

What is the meaning of Covert Prestige?

• A secret, arcane language or jargon used by a particular group or section of a community

• An informal, context-bound use of language, with a reduced semantic and syntactic range

• Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group

• Delivery of high social status through use of non-standard forms