spoken language lesson 42

							      What is the difference???


Try to read the following sentence in as
       many accents as you can…


   Hi, my name is ………and I love……..



   YouTube - harry-enfield Scousers in the pub
Accent: the specific way words are pronounced according
to geographical region.


Dialect: the language variety of a geographical region or
social background. Different forms of grammar, lexis,
phonology and semantics affect dialect.


You can have a Scouse accent but still speak Standard
English
Watch the video. In addition to the accents he also presents a
        number of STEREOTYPES. What are they??




       When I interview a person
       and he starts dropping his “t        I hate it when, in TV shows, a
       s”, like in wa’er for water, or      West country accent is used
       when they say “youse”                to show when someone is slow
       instead of “you all”, it makes       or stupid. I don’t think it’s
       me doubt their abilities             funny




       YouTube - ?rob bakers supercalifragilisticexpialidocious??
Non Standard                Standard   Explanation

I don’t want no more ice
cream
She is more prettier
than him
One hundred
pound/thirteen mile
he ran slow (instead of
slowly)
He went up the pub/ I
was at London
Are yous going to the
concert
That’s me book you’ve
got there
I ain’t going to the shop

Give it me (instead of
Give it to me)
Non Standard                Standard   Explanation

I don’t want no more ice               Multiple negation
cream
She is more prettier                   Using comparatives and
than him                               superlatives
One hundred                            Unmarked plurality
pound/thirteen mile
he ran slow (instead of                Not using adverbs
slowly)
He went up the pub/ I                  Different use of
was at London                          prepositions
Are yous going to the                  Pluralisation of second
concert                                pronoun you
That’s me book you’ve                  Using “me” instead of
got there                              “my”
I ain’t going to the shop              Using “ain’t” instead of
                                       “isn’t”
Give it me (instead of                 Deletion of a
Give it to me)                         preposition
Explain why speakers may use standard and non-
standard language at different times and places
Non-standard spoken language: Melissa, a Manchester schoolgirl, telling her
friends about her work experience.
5
aw yer (.) it were well good (.) they let me ’ave a go at all the jobs n’everything (.) and
they treated me just like one o’ them (.) I got to work in the office for a bit (.) then I
was out on t’delivery van for a coupla days (1) that were top (.) then on the last day
like they took me out to a well good restaurant cos I’d slaved away like (.) and they
bought me lunch cos they said I were (.) like (.) one of them really and gave me a
pressie (1) they said they might even have a job for me when I leave school (.) I had a
bangin time it were great

Standard spoken language: Melissa telling her form teacher about her work
experience.
5
yes (.) I had a really good time Miss (.) they didn’t just make me do photocopying (.)
they let me try out all of the jobs and treated me like a proper worker (.) I really
enjoyed it (.) I worked in the office for two days and then I had two days out on
deliveries so I could experience that as well (.) I really enjoyed that (.) then on the
last day they took me out for a lunch because they said I’d worked so hard and they
weren’t allowed to pay me and they gave me a present (.) some vouchers too (.) I really
enjoyed it Miss (.) and they said they might even have a job for me when I leave
school
Howard Giles proposed the idea that when speakers seek approval in a social
situation they are likely to change their speech so that it is similar to their
listener. However, if the speaker wants to dissociate him/herself from the
   speaker they may change their speak to show that they are different.


     1. What are some of the non-standard features of Lauren’s
        speech?
     2. If Lauren spoke in a RP accent, would you think of her
        differently? Why?
     3. At the end of Lauren’s “tangent”, what does Tony Blair do and
        what theory could it perhaps support?




       YouTube - Lauren Copper meets Tony Blair - Classic Comic Relief