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    This document discusses different types of English accents spoken in London, including Received Pronunciation (RP), Cockney, and Estuary English. It provides historical background and key features of each accent's pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. RP was established among the middle class in London in the 15th century and later became associated with public schools. It is characterized by clear pronunciation without dropping letters like H. Cockney developed among the working class of East London and uses rhyming slang. Estuary English emerged along the Thames river and is a mixture of RP and Cockney influences.

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    London Accents

    Sara Rayo
    Huayra Rojas
    Received Pronunciation
    A social accent of English in London
    Historical Background
     Pronunciation of standard British English based on the
    speech of educated speakers of southern British English.
     Popular terms for this accent: ‘The Queen’s English’,
    ‘Oxford English’ or ‘BBC English’.
     RP does not define the speaker’s region, it defines
    his/her educational and social background. (Prestige)
     The type of pronunciation often recommended as a
    model for foreign learners.
     Only 2% or 3% of the UK population speaks RP.
     Probably, RP is most widely used is the academic world.
     The phrase Received Pronunciation was coined in
    1869 by the linguist A. J. Ellis.
     Daniel Jones made the term popular and widely used
    in his “English Pronouncing Dictionary” (1924).
     15th century, RP was established in London in the
    middle classes.
     19th century, it became the accent of public schools.
     It spread throughout the Civil Service of the British
    Empire and the armed forces.
     RP was adopted by the BBC, when radio broadcasting
    began in the 1920s.
    Forms of RP
     Conservative RP Very traditional variety (older
    speakers and the aristocracy).
     Mainstream RP An extremely neutral accent in

    terms of signals (age, occupation, lifestyle) of


    the speaker.
     Contemporary RP Speech of younger RP

    speakers.
    Pronunciation
     RP does not have yod-dropping.
     There is no h-dropping in words like head or

    horse.
     http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/ca

    se-studies/received-pronunciation/vowel-
    sounds-rp/
    Grammar and lexicon
     RP avoid non-standard grammatical
    constructions and localized vocabulary
    characteristic of regional dialects.
     RP is an accent, no a dialect.
    Cockney Accent
    Historical Background
     First as derogatory term applied to the
    inhabitants of any town.
     17th century inhabitants of London
    (Cockney pride)
     Working class of East End London.
     People born within hearing distance of the St
    Mary-le-Bow bells (East End, Stepney,
    Hackney, Shoreditch Poplar and Bow).
    Pronuntiation
     Monophthongization – diphthong /ai/ and /oi/

    Right  [ra:t] rather than [rait]


    Time  [ta:m] rather than [taim]
    Like  [la:k] rather than [laik]
    Boil  [bɔ:l] rather than [bɔil]
    Toil  [tɔ:l] rather than [tɔil]

     MOUTH vowel - "touchstone for distinguishing between "true


    Cockney" and popular London“

    Example:  
    mouth = [ma:f] rather than [mæ:f]
     Glottal stop  /p,t,k/ "almost invariably glottalized" in final
    position

    cat = [cæ?t]
    up = [ʌ?p]
    sock = [sɒ?k]

    • It can also manifest itself as a bare  as the realization of word


    internal intervocalic /t/

    Waterloo = Wa’erloo 
    City = Ci’y 
    A drink of water = A drin' a wa'er 
    A little bit of bread with a bit of butter on it = A li'le bi' of breab
    wiv a bi' of bu'er on i'. 
     Dropped ‘h’ at beginning of words (Voiceless glottal
    fricative)

    house = ‘ouse
    hammer = ‘ammer

     TH fronting -involves the replacement of the dental


    fricatives /Ɵ/ and /ð/ by labiodentals [f] and [v]
    respectively.

    thin = fin [fin]


    brother = bruvver [brʌvə]
    three = free [frIi]
    bath = barf [bɑ:f]
    Grammar
     Pronouns instead of possessive adjectives.

    Example:
    me mum = my mum
    in them days = in those days

     Use of was instead of were.

    Example:
    you was = you were
    Lexicon
     Cockney Rhyming Slang

    It consists of words that are substituted for


    short phrases that rhyme with them

    Example:

    North and South = mouth


     The Rhyme of the Rusher (In Appropriate Rhyming
    Slanguage) 29th October 1892

    I was wearing a leaky I'm afloat, (coat)


    And it started to France and Spain. (rain) 

    He offered to stand me a booze, so I 


    Took him round to ‘The Mug’s Retreat’;
    And my round the houses I tried to dry (trousers) 
    By the Anna Maria’s heat. (fire) 
    He stuck to the I’m so to drown his cares,(whisky/ tears) 
    While I went for the far and near, (beer) 
    Until the clock on the apples and pears (stairs) 
    Gave office for us to clear.
    Estuary English
    A new kind of English
    Historical Background
     The form of English spoken in and around
    London , in the southeast of England, along
    the river Thames and its estuary.
     In 1984 a British linguist, David Rosewarne

    defines EE as "a mixture of non-regional and


    local south-eastern English pronunciation
    and intonation“.
     A dialect existing between "Cockney and RP“.
    Pronunciation
     l-vocalization
    pronouncing the l-sound in certain positions
    almost like [w]

    milk bottle like 'miwk bottoo‘


    football becomes 'foo'baw’

     Glottal stop [?]

    take it off
    quite nice 
     happY-tensing

    [i:] (beat) rather than [I] (bit) at the end of


    words like happy, coffee, valley.

     Yod coalescence

    [tS] rather than [tj] in words like Tuesday,


    tune, attitude.
    Tuesday = choose, [tSu:z]
    RP [dj] of words such as duke becomes
    Estuary [dZ], making the second part
    of reduce identical to juice, [dZu:s].
     Stress and intonation

    Characterized by "frequent prominence being


    given to prepositions and auxiliary verbs
    which are not normally stressed in General
    R.P.

    Example: "Let us get TO the point.


    "Totters have been in
    operation FOR years.”
    Vocabulary
     Cheers is often used in place of thank you but it’s also
    possible for it to mean good-bye.

     The word basically is used frequently in conversation.

     Americanisms:

    There you go used in place of the more standard Here you


    are
    There is  - singular and plural contexts.
    Sorry is often replaced with excuse me 
    Engaged in the context of the telephone, has been replaced
    by the word busy.
    References
     Roach, P. (2004, January 16). staff.amu.edu.pl.
    Retrieved September 10, 2010, from staff.amu.edu.pl:
    http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~kilarski/courses/downl
    oad/roach.pdf
     The British Library Board. (2010, September 10). The

    British Library Board. Retrieved September 10, 2010,


    from The British Library Board:
    http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/find-out-
    more/received-pronunciation/
     yaelf.com. (1969, December 31). yaelf.com. Retrieved

    September 10, 2010, from yaelf.com:


    http://www.yaelf.com/rp.shtml
    THANK YOU

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