accent and dialect

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what is accent and dialect

accent- the way a person speaks based on where they are from (phonology and pronunciation)

dialect- the vocabulary a person uses in a specific region (grammar)

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where do accents come from

  • passed through generations

  • migration

  • trends

  • class systems

  • culture

  • trade/invadion

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lexical variant examples

bread roll- bun (NE) bin lid (liverpool), cob (midlands) bap (scotland)

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cockney rhyming slang

  • the rule is that the last word rhymes with whatever word is replaces but today sometimes the word that rhymes has been dropped

  • it was originally used by beggars and criminals in 1800s london but has since spread across the UK due to its use in media (dialect → idiom)

  • apples and pears= stairs

  • skin and blister= sister