Accent + Dialect Theories

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Across
  1. 5. Studied the accent of the inhabitants of Marthas Vineyard (an island on the north-east coast of the USA)
  2. 6. Found that those who use non-standard forms ahve different social 'norms', including trouble, excitement, fighting...
  3. 7. Studied the link between ethnocentrism ( perceiving ones own culture to be the most important)
  4. 9. Suggested that accents and dialects are dying out and studied 10 speech sounds that had a different pronunciation in the Milton Keynes area
Down
  1. 1. called for more regional accents on the channel, following complaints from viewers that they were being 'ignored'
  2. 2. Had groups of students listen to presentations (about capital punishment) from speakers with a Somerset accent, a South Welsh accent, a Birmingham accent and Received Pronunciation
  3. 3. Studied social networks (a group of people who regularly interact with one another) in three working class areas of Belfast
  4. 4. Studied the use of the postvocailic 'r' (such as in 'farm' and 'car'
  5. 8. Studied speakers in Bradford, examining the dropped 'h' at the beginning of words