Accent + Dialect Theories

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Across
  1. 2. Found that 94% of the working class dropped the "H" at beginning of words, 67% dropped it in the upper class and 28% in lower middle classes
  2. 3. Studied 10 speech sounds that had a different pronunciation in the Milton Keynes area
  3. 4. Found that RP is deemed more professional than regional accents, but regional accents are more professional than RP accents
  4. 5. Found those who use non-standard forms have different social "norms" including trouble, excitement, fighting...
  5. 6. Found that men whose speech revealed high usage of vernacular or non-standard forms were also found to belong to tight-knit social networks
Down
  1. 1. Found ethnocentrism lead to a direct effect on how the speaker was perceived (his attractiveness, creditability, perceived homophily)