Across
- 5. Studied the accent of the inhabitants of Marthas Vineyard (an island on the north-east coast of the USA)
- 6. Found that those who use non-standard forms ahve different social 'norms', including trouble, excitement, fighting...
- 7. Studied the link between ethnocentrism ( perceiving ones own culture to be the most important)
- 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. called for more regional accents on the channel, following complaints from viewers that they were being 'ignored'
- 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. Studied social networks (a group of people who regularly interact with one another) in three working class areas of Belfast
- 4. Studied the use of the postvocailic 'r' (such as in 'farm' and 'car'
- 8. Studied speakers in Bradford, examining the dropped 'h' at the beginning of words