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Modern British English Dialects

Chumarin Konstantin

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The aim and tasks of the research

The Aim:

to research modern English Dialects

Tasks:

To research dialects of modern English in details
To find connections between modern and old English dialects
To explore some interesting facts about those dialects

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Scottish Dialect�

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The Geordie dialect

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Yorkshire dialect�

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Dialects of London

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Cockney

Cockney, dialect of the English language traditionally spoken by working-class Londoners. Cockney is also often used to refer to anyone from London—in particular, from its East End.

Cockney as a dialect is most notable for its argot, or coded language, which was born out of ingenious rhyming slang. There are as many as 150 terms that are recognized instantly by any rhyming slang user. For example, the phrase use your loaf—meaning “use your head”—is derived from the rhyming phrase loaf of bread.

Cockney is non-rhotic. A final -er is pronounced [ə] or lowered [ɐ] in broad Cockney
T-glottalisation: use of the glottal stop as an allophone of /t/ in various positions
Glottal stops also occur, albeit less frequently for /k/ and /p/, and occasionally for mid-word consonants. "Hyde Park" as Hy' Par';
/θ/ can become [f] in any environment. [fɪn] "thin", [mɛfs] "maths".
H-dropping. Sivertsen considers that [h] is to some extent a stylistic marker of emphasis in Cockney.

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Cockney

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Estuary English

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Welsh accent�

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Brummie accent�

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Some question to audience

Which dialect you liked the most?
Which one you found the most difficult to imitate ?
Which class of people is traditionally considered as cockney ?
From what the term brummie derives?
Which one you found the most funny?

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Sources

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Thanks for your attention!