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    Standard British English developed out of changes to Middle English dialects starting in the 14th century. The dialect of London became the standard as it was the political and economic center and the location of the royal court. This dialect was spread through printing starting in the late 15th century and through education at public boarding schools beginning in the 18th century. By the late 19th century, it had become the educated accent known as Received Pronunciation used across social classes in England. Other accents include Cockney, associated with East London, and Estuary English, a modern blended accent between RP and Cockney most prominent in the southeast.

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    Standard British English developed out of changes to Middle English dialects starting in the 14th century. The dialect of London became the standard as it was the political and economic center and the location of the royal court. This dialect was spread through printing starting in the late 15th century and through education at public boarding schools beginning in the 18th century. By the late 19th century, it had become the educated accent known as Received Pronunciation used across social classes in England. Other accents include Cockney, associated with East London, and Estuary English, a modern blended accent between RP and Cockney most prominent in the southeast.

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    English Accents in The U.K

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    Standard British English developed out of changes to Middle English dialects starting in the 14th century. The dialect of London became the standard as it was the political and economic center and the location of the royal court. This dialect was spread through printing starting in the late 15th century and through education at public boarding schools beginning in the 18th century. By the late 19th century, it had become the educated accent known as Received Pronunciation used across social classes in England. Other accents include Cockney, associated with East London, and Estuary English, a modern blended accent between RP and Cockney most prominent in the southeast.

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    ENGLISH

    ACCENTS
    In the U.K
    STANDARD
    BRITISH
    ENGLISH
    What is a standard
    english?
    Is that dialect of
    English, the
    grammar, syntax,
    morphology, slang
    and vocabulary of
    which is most widely
    accepted and
    understood (socially
    and geographically).
    Historical outline
    The dialect which we now call Standard British English
    is the result of a long process of changes that started
    in the Middle English period (XI-XV).

    - 14th CENTURY→ Central Midlands (Northamptonshire,


    Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire)
    - 15TH CENTURY→ The Court moved from Winchester to
    London.
    - “East Midlands Triangle” (Cambridge, Oxford and
    London).
    London as the political Wooden Press in
    and commercial centre London
    William Caxton in 1476.
    He is credited with
    The Court of Chancery
    standardising the
    Homogeneous standard English language
    written English. through printing,
    homogenising regional
    - Chancery hand.
    dialects and largely
    - Official documents.
    adopting the London
    dialect.
    16th and 17th
    centuries 18TH
    - Queen Elizabeth I
    -
    CENTURY
    The upper classes began
    (1558- 1603).
    to send their children to
    the Public Schools.
    - The Court, and London
    speeches, where the
    - Standard→ Educated
    general ones.
    classes.

    - SE became fluid.
    By the end of the 19th
    century
    A. J. Ellis : “In the
    - Pronunciation was
    present day we may […]
    far from being
    recognise a received
    rigidly established. pronunciation all over
    the country […] It may be
    - People began using especially considered as
    the term “RECEIVED the educated
    PRONUNCIATION”. pronunciation of the
    metropolis, of the court,
    the pulpit and the bar.”
    English Pronouncing Received Standard
    Dictionary
    - In 1917 by Daniel Jones. Henry Cecil Wyld, who, in 1914
    - English as the: “most wrote:
    usually heard in everyday “It is proposed to use the
    speech in the families of term Received Standard for
    Southern English persons that form which all would
    who have been educated at probably agree in considering
    the great public boarding- the best, that form which has
    schools […]” the widest currency and is
    - Public School heard with practically no
    Pronunciation (PSP) variation among speakers of
    the better class all over the
    Received pronunciation country.”
    RP
    ● Regionally Neutral Middle
    class accent of England.
    ● Accent thats uses Standard
    English.
    ● South of England.
    ● RP is non rhotic.
    ● the “T” is not dropped as
    opposed to Cockney.
    ● Further in the mouth.
    COCKNEY
    Aldgate, Bethnal Green,
    Bow, Hackney, Limehouse
    , Mile End, Old Ford,
    Poplar, Shoreditch,
    Stepney, Wapping and
    Whitechapel
    Features
    of
    cockney
    the SPEAKERS
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NezII3x8ggo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRVVCbXmYJo
    ESTUARY
    British Conservative Party Prince Edward, Earl of
    politician Wessex
    Estuary English is

    slovenly, mumbling,
    bastardized Cockney.

    Teachers have a duty to do


    their utmost to eradicate
    it.

    Gillian Shephard
    1995
    the Minister of Education
    David
    Rosewarne
    1984
    EFL Teacher
    a variety of
    modified
    regional speech
    Paul Coogle
    University senior lecturer in German

    1993
    Features of
    estuary
    english
    (Like Cockney)
    ●l-vocalization
    milk bottle becomes almost like (‘miwk bottoo’)

    Football becomes almost like (‘foo’baw’)

    ●glottalling
    Take it off becomes almost like (‘take i’ off’)

    Quite nice becomes almost like (‘qui’e nice’)


    ●happY-tensing
    [i:] of beat than the [I] of bit

    happy, coffee, valley.

    ●yod coalescence
    [t∫] = ch sound rather than [tj]

    Tuesday, tune, attitude

    -Tues-day similar to choose


    Features of
    estuary
    english
    (Unlike cockney)
    ● estuary english does not involve :

    H-DROPPING
    hand on heart does not become (’and on ’eart)

    ● ESTUARY ENGLISH DOES NOT


    INVOLVE : th-fronting
    I think does not become (‘ai fink’ )

    mother does not become (‘Move’)


    RP distinctions fool vs
    full vs fall

    do we merge them all into


    [f၁o] as many Londoners
    do?

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