Sociophonology of Received Pronunciation : : Native and Non-Native Environments.

Sociophonology of Received Pronunciation : : Native and Non-Native Environments.

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Superior document:Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity ; v.509
:
Ježek, Miroslav.
Place / Publishing House:Brno : : Masarykova univerzita,, 2021.
{copy}2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity
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Physical Description:1 online resource (275 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Varieties of RP
  • 1.2 Thesis Outline
  • 1.3 Research Hypotheses
  • 2 THE RISE OF A STANDARD
  • 2.1 Old English
  • 2.2 Middle English
  • 2.3 Early Modern English
  • 2.4 Modern English: the 18th century
  • 2.4.1 Pronouncing Dictionaries: Sheridan and Walker
  • 2.4.2 'Proto RP': comparison of Walker and Jones
  • 2.5 Modern English: The Nineteenth Century
  • 2.5.1 Penny manuals: reaching the masses
  • 2.5.2 The Dictates of the Written Form
  • 2.5.3 Accent and Social Class
  • 2.5.4 The Value of a 'Proper' Accent for Women
  • 2.6 The Birth of RP
  • 2.6.1 Public Schools and RP
  • 2.6.2 RP as a Middle-class Accent
  • 2.6.3 How to Approach RP?
  • 2.6.4 The Role of the BBC
  • 2.7 RP Today
  • 2.7.1 The Death of RP?
  • 2.7.2 Estuary English
  • 2.7.2.1 Estuary English as a source of innovations in RP
  • 2.7.3 RP in the World of ELT
  • 3 PRESCRIPTION AND STANDARDISATION IN LINGUISTICS
  • 3.1 Prescription in Linguistics
  • 3.2 Process of Accent Standardisation: the case of RP
  • 3.3 The Issue of Literacy: spoken and written discourse
  • 4 RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION: UPTON'S MODEL
  • 4.1 Modern Model of RP
  • 4.2 The Phonology of RP: Upton's transcription model
  • 4.2.1 RP Vowels
  • 4.2.1.1 KIT vowel [ɪ]
  • 4.2.1.2 DRESS vowel [ɛ]
  • 4.2.1.3 TRAP vowel [a]
  • 4.2.1.4 LOT vowel [ɒ]
  • 4.2.1.5 STRUT vowel [ʌ]
  • 4.2.1.6 FOOT vowel [ʊ]
  • 4.2.1.7 BATH vowel [ɑ: ~ a]
  • 4.2.1.8 CLOTH vowel [ɒ]
  • 4.2.1.9 NURSE vowel [ə:]
  • 4.2.1.10 FLEECE vowel [i:]
  • 4.2.1.11 FACE vowel [eɪ]
  • 4.2.1.12 PALM vowel [ɑ:]
  • 4.2.1.13 THOUGHT vowel [ɔ:]
  • 4.2.1.14 GOAT vowel [əʊ]
  • 4.2.1.15 GOOSE vowel [u:]
  • 4.2.1.16 PRICE vowel [ʌɪ]
  • 4.2.1.17 CHOICE vowel [ɔɪ]
  • 4.2.1.18 MOUTH vowel [aʊ]
  • 4.2.1.19 NEAR vowel [ɪə]
  • 4.2.1.20 SQUARE vowel [ɛ:]
  • 4.2.1.21 START vowel [ɑ:]
  • 4.2.1.22 NORTH vowel [ɔ:].
  • 4.2.1.23 FORCE vowel [ɔ:]
  • 4.2.1.24 CURE vowel [ʊə ~ ɔ:]
  • 4.2.1.25 happY vowel [i]
  • 4.2.1.26 lettER vowel [ə]
  • 4.2.1.27 commA vowel [ə]
  • 4.2.1.28 KIT and FOOT vowels in unstressed positions
  • 4.2.2 RP consonants
  • 4.2.2.1 Plosives
  • 4.2.2.2 Affricates
  • 4.2.2.3 Nasals
  • 4.2.2.4 Fricatives
  • 4.2.2.5 Approximants
  • 4.2.3 Word stress
  • 5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
  • 5.1 Samples
  • 5.2 Respondents
  • 5.3 Selecting variables
  • 5.4 The Website
  • 5.4.1 Personal Information Page
  • 5.4.2 Samples and Accompanying Questions
  • 5.4.2.1 Question 1: What would you label this accent:
  • 5.4.2.2 Question 2: If the previous answer was Near-RP/ Non-RP, please indicate which features influenced your judgement
  • 5.4.2.3 Question 3: Why do you consider the features mentioned above (question 2) not to fall within RP?
  • 5.4.2.4 Question 4: Non-native speakers only: How intelligible do you find this speaker:
  • 5.4.2.5 Question 5: Would you like to make any (more) comments?
  • 6 RESEARCH RESULTS: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSES
  • 6.1 Samples: transcripts, analyses and selected research phenomena
  • 6.2 Respondents: sociolinguistic and personal characteristics
  • 6.2.1 Czech respondents
  • 6.2.2 English respondents
  • 6.3 Research Questions and Results
  • 6.3.1 The Degree of RP-ness: Research Question 1
  • 6.3.2 Selected variables: Research Question 2
  • 6.3.2.1 Lowered TRAP vowel
  • 6.3.2.2 Intrusive /r/
  • 6.3.2.3 FOOT/GOOSE fronting
  • 6.3.2.4 The glottal stop
  • 6.3.2.5 Short BATH
  • 6.3.2.6 Summary: selected variables-CZ and EN respondents
  • 6.3.3 Sociolinguistic Categories of RP: Research Questions 3 and 5
  • 6.3.3.1 Regionality
  • 6.3.3.2 Social status
  • 6.3.3.3 Education
  • 6.3.3.4 Poshness
  • 6.3.3.5 Speed
  • 6.3.3.6 The North and South divide
  • 6.3.4 The Issue of intelligibility: Research Question 4.
  • 7 RP INNOVATIONS IN PRONOUNCING DICTIONARIES
  • 7.1 Vowels
  • 7.2 Consonants
  • 8 CONCLUSION
  • RÉSUMÉ - Sociophonologie de la Received Pronunciation
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF PHONETIC SYMBOLS
  • GLOSSARY
  • APPENDIX 1
  • APPENDIX 2.

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