The search for linguistically coherent accents

IF 0.8 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Amanda Cole, Patrycja Strycharczuk
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Abstract Linguistic research refers to many related accents in Southeast England: Standard Southern British English (SSBE), Received Pronunciation (RP), Estuary English (EE), Cockney and Multicultural London English (MLE). However, there is inconsistency and imprecision in the demarcation of these accents based on linguistic and social factors. This paper delineates accents in Southeast England based on patterns of linguistic co-variation which we then relate to social predictors. We applied functional Principal Component Analysis to F1 and F2 measurements for diphthongs extracted from wordlist and passage productions for 193 young, south-eastern speakers. Principal Components were entered into a clustering analysis that identified patterns of linguistic co-occurrence. Three clusters emerge, broadly aligning with SSBE, MLE and EE for both linguistic and social factors. We illustrate the linguistic centre of gravity of the three diphthong systems for use as reference points in future research, and we discuss the need to make explicit how accents are defined.
寻找语言连贯的口音
语言学研究涉及英格兰东南部的许多相关口音:标准英国南部英语(SSBE)、标准发音(RP)、河口英语(EE)、伦敦方言和多元文化伦敦英语(MLE)。然而,基于语言和社会因素,这些口音的划分存在不一致和不精确的问题。本文根据语言共变模式描述了英格兰东南部的口音,然后我们将其与社会预测因素联系起来。我们应用功能主成分分析对193名东南地区年轻人的词表和段落中提取的双元音进行了F1和F2测量。主成分进入聚类分析,以确定语言共现模式。出现了三个集群,在语言和社会因素方面与SSBE、MLE和EE大致一致。我们举例说明了三个双元音系统的语言重心,作为未来研究的参考点,我们讨论了明确如何定义口音的必要性。
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English World-Wide
English World-Wide Multiple-
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期刊介绍: English World-Wide has established itself as the leading and most comprehensive journal dealing with varieties of English. The focus is on scholarly discussions of new findings in the dialectology and sociolinguistics of the English-speaking communities (native and second-language speakers), but general problems of sociolinguistics, creolistics, language planning, multilingualism and modern historical sociolinguistics are included if they have a direct bearing on modern varieties of English. Although teaching problems are normally excluded, English World-Wide provides important background information for all those involved in teaching English throughout the world.
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