Standard English One of the Varieties of English
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Standard English— One of the Varieties of English What is printed in books and newspapers Taught in school to English-speaking children Taught to foreigners ‘Educated’ variety Used on TV and for Newscasts Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4 th edition. London: Penguin Books, pp. 5 -6. 1/10
British English RP Accent NON-LOCALIZED Learned in “public schools” Used on BBC Taught to foreigners Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4 th edition. London: Penguin Books, pp. 5 -6. 2/10
Prevocalic and Non-Prevocalic /r/ rat rich /r/ carry sorry /r/ cart car /r/ vs. NO /r/ Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4 th edition. London: Penguin Books, p. 9. 3/10
Social Significance of / r / after a Vowel US: / r / high status no / r / low status UK: / r / low status no / r / high status 4/10
Attitudes towards and use of non-prevocalic /r/ : Upper middle class in New York City age % r-positive informants % /r/ used 8 -19 20 -39 100 48 34 40 + 62 9 Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4 th edition. London: Penguin Books, p. 11. 5/10
Martha's Vineyard Pronunciation loud house about Martha’s Vineyard General American / l ud / / h us / / b ut / / laud / / haus / / baut / Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4 th edition. London: Penguin Books, p. 12. 6/10
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (Simplified) Language shapes how we perceive the world. The world / society shapes our language. 7/10
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and Influences on Language Physical Environment Social Environment or Structure Values of Society Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4 th edition. London: Penguin Books, pp. 15 -20. 8/10
Kinship Terms older/younger brothers older/younger sisters Father older/younger brothers older/younger sisters Mother YOU 9/10
Taboo Subjects or Words Sex Excretion Christian Religion Race Dying Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4 th edition. London: Penguin Books, pp. 18 -20. 10/10
