17. Supralocal Regional Dialect Levelling

Britain, David

doi:10.1515/9780748635788-021

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“…3 They observe change in apparent-time, with younger 2. For a review of the research on regional dialect levelling, see Kerswill (2003) and Britain (2010). Johnson (1996) nor Millar, Barras, and Bonnici (2014) use the term levelling, but the attrition of regionally marked lexis reported in these studies is consistent with a pattern of regional dialect levelling.…”

Section: Dialect Contact and Linguistic Changementioning

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Maidin Cornwall

Sandow

2022

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While the research literature on regional dialect levelling is substantial (e.g. Williams and Kerswill 1999; Britain 2002; Watt 2002; Jansen 2019), this process is under-explored and under-theorised when it comes to patterns of lexical usage. Using maid as a case-study, in this article I provide a detailed account of processes of lexical levelling in Cornwall. I consider the usage of maid from two perspectives, that of onomasiology and semasiology. From an onomasiological perspective, maid, as a variant of the concept woman, exhibits socio-stylistic reallocation, with attested usages of maid in this study being limited to older speakers in careful speech styles. From a semasiological perspective, two senses of maid, ‘woman’ and ‘female servant or attendant’, have undergone structural reallocation in apparent-time with maid ‘woman’ being the prototypical sense for older speakers but a more peripheral sense for their younger counterparts.

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Section: Dialect Contact and Linguistic Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Maidin Cornwall

Sandow

2022

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“…South East England is England's most populous area and is characterised by high mobility (Jansen & Amos 2020). In addition, there is a 'commuter belt' which covers much of the region in which people commute from surrounding areas for work (Britain 2010). These factors have created an environment for potentially extensive dialect levelling in the region.…”

Section: Cockney Diphthong Shiftmentioning

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Dialect levelling and Cockney diphthong shift reversal in South East England: the case of the Debden Estate

Cole

Strycharczuk²

2022

English Language and Linguistics

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This article explores an instance of dialect levelling in South East England, the reversal of Cockney diphthong shift. We trace this reversal through an apparent-time analysis of 52 speakers from Debden, a community in Essex with East London heritage. Dynamic vowel analyses of word-list and passage data suggests a reversal of the diphthong shift towards SSBE targets which has occurred most abruptly in those born after 1992 potentially as a result of increased social mobility in this generation. We compare the results in Debden to previous findings in the south-eastern towns of Milton Keynes and Reading where apparent-time change was also observed away from a shifted vowel system and towards SSBE targets (Kerswill & Williams 2000, 2005). In diverse areas of South East England, a common process of levelling towards the pan-regional standard is present which is not occurring exclusively as a result of dialect contact or face-to-face interaction. Nonetheless, each community exhibits a distinct trajectory and timing of language change which can be attributed to different patterns of movement and resettlement and, in particular, access to social mobility and the retention of community networks.

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“…És la ment recursiva allò que permet aquesta plasticitat. Quan alguns individus s'ajunten i interactuen lingüísticament, la majoria de les vegades cara a cara, es mouen en un espai creat socialment i s'adhereixen a les normes fixades pel propi espai (Britain 2010). Segons l'espai de relació, cadascú parla la llengua-dialecte que toca, i ho fa d'una manera rutinària i mecànica.…”

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Paraules cansades. Disponibilitat lectal i adaptabilitat de la llengua

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L’adaptabilitat d’una llengua depèn del multilingüisme intralingüístic dels parlants, que els permet usar la llengua-dialecte adequada a cada situació. Una llengua, per tant, és inevitablement un conjunt de llengües-dialecte. Aquestes mantenen relacions desiguals amb l’espai privilegiat de l’estàndard, que és l’única entitat lingüística construïda. En aquest treball volem reflexionar sobre les tensions entre les llengües-dialecte i la llengua estàndard.

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17. Supralocal Regional Dialect Levelling

Cited by 61 publications

References 29 publications

Maidin Cornwall

Maidin Cornwall

Dialect levelling and Cockney diphthong shift reversal in South East England: the case of the Debden Estate

Paraules cansades. Disponibilitat lectal i adaptabilitat de la llengua

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