The BBC and English pronunciation

Pointon, Graham

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“…Of course, language agencies need not be formal language planning bodies. Pointon (1988) relates how the BBC had dealt with pronunciation standards over the last six decades.…”

Section: Codificationmentioning

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Language Planning: Corpus Planning

Baldauf¹

1989

Ann Rev Appl Ling

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Beginning with the framework established by Haugen (1983) as a basis for this review, corpus planning can be defined as those aspects of language planning which are primarily linguistic and hence internal to language. Some of these aspects related to language are: 1) orthographic innovation, including design, harmonization, change of script, and spelling reform; 2) pronunciation; 3) changes in language structure; 4) vocabulary expansion; 5) simplification of registers; 6) style, and 7) the preparation of language material (Bamgbose 1989). Jernudd (1988) provides a more detailed discussion of these linguistic aspects of language planning. Although the creation of these language related materials often requires intense linguistic activity, the focus of this review is not on linguistic description, but rather on historical and sociolinguistic studies which illuminate corpus planning processes. These processes can be divided into two categories: those related to the establishment of norms, and those related to the extension of the linguistic functions of language. In his revised model, Haugen labels the former category, Codification or standardization procedures, and the latter, Elaboration or the functional development of language. These categories form the two major sections for this review.

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“…Of course, language agencies need not be formal language planning bodies. Pointon (1988) relates how the BBC had dealt with pronunciation standards over the last six decades.…”

Section: Codificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Language Planning: Corpus Planning

Baldauf¹

1989

Ann Rev Appl Ling

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Phonetic Pedagogy

Ashby

2006

Encyclopedia of Language &Amp; Linguistics

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Old news: Rethinking language change through Australian broadcast speech

Price

2012

The Oxford Handbook of the History of English

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Like other forms of spoken language, broadcast speech changes over time. While longitudinal language shift is often difficult to pin down with any certainty, archival news recordings provide a valuable opportunity to gain access to our spoken past. The formal style and British-sounding accents of old news bulletins differ from the way Australian newsreaders speak today. This is due in part to the process of “decolonization,” when Australia developed its own identity, one that was independent of its British heritage. While studies on varieties of the English language tend to focus on society as a whole, this article proposes an alternative approach. It views diachronic language change through the particular prism of news speech to examine the connection between accent and identity at a turning point in Australia’s history.

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The BBC and English pronunciation

Abstract: The Director of the BBC Pronunciation Unit follows our recent articles on RP and the Queen's English with a review of how his corporation has approached such thorny issues over the six decades of its existence

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Language Planning: Corpus Planning

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Old news: Rethinking language change through Australian broadcast speech

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