Accent and Dialect

What is the term for the ways in which words are pronounced, which can vary according to the region or social class of a speaker?

• Accent

• Dialect

• Ellipsis

• Hedge

Rolling the /r/ phoneme or over-pronouncing it is defined as what?

'Dropping' refers to what?

• Deleting letters from words such as and /h/

• Substituting consonants for other ones such as 'bruvver'

• Specifically dropping the /t/ phoneme in place of a glottalised gap

• Mispronunciation of vowel sounds

Which of the following are examples of fricative substitution?

• 'bruvver'

• 'muvver'

• 'fanks'

• 'with it'

Describe what is meant by the 'trap-bath split'. Make reference to phonology here.

What is the correct definition for 'dialect'?

• Accent, grammar, and vocabulary of an individual, region etc.

• The vocabulary one uses

• Accent, and grammar of an individual or region

• The pronunciation one uses

Being able to switch dialects is often referred to as what?

A typical feature of Estuary English is...

Match the following terms to their definitions...

• Language of a particular ethnic group

• Dialect

• Language of a particular gender

• Idiolect

• Individual way of speaking

• Sociolect

• Comprised of accent, vocab and grammar

• Genderlect

• Language of a particular social group

• Ethnolect

A sociolect associated with the young working class of central London characterised by glottal stopping, th fronting, was/were regularisation, and "Creolised" slang