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Sociophonology of received pronunciation : native and non-native environments /

This work deals with Received Pronunciation (RP), the prestige accent in England and other parts of Great Britain. It examines the perception of this accent by English and Czech respondents. It also analyses the roles RP fulfils in the two environments. The first part provides both synchronic and di...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ježek, Miroslav (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brno : Masaryk University Press, 2021.
Edición:First electronic edition.
Colección:Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, Filozofická fakulta ; 509.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This work deals with Received Pronunciation (RP), the prestige accent in England and other parts of Great Britain. It examines the perception of this accent by English and Czech respondents. It also analyses the roles RP fulfils in the two environments. The first part provides both synchronic and diachronic theoretical frame that is inspired by a wealth of both up-to-date as well as historical literature. Furthermore, it analyses RP by means of sociolinguistic notions, especially those related to language prescription and standardisation. The practical part consists of a survey that has been made by means of a website with 18 recordings and an accompanying questionnaire. The recordings have been evaluated by 20 Czech and 20 English respondents. The survey also attempts to establish the sociolinguistic categories most closely linked with the mental construct of RP.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9788021098336
8021098333
ISSN:1211-3034 ;