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D) Ethnicity 3 Ps (MLE
(Multicultural London English) stormzy (Features,…
D) Ethnicity 3 Ps
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Sharma 
(2015)
Findings
Particular linguistic features used as a tool to align self with particular ethnic & cultural viewpoints & identities
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(2011)
Procedure
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Investigated English of 3 age groups
of Punjabi-speaking Indians in West London
(using interviews & recordings)
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Findings
Younger 2nd generation had less contact with India but race relations less hostile when growing up so used Punjabi-inflected speech to show allegiance with now sizeable local British Asian community
Older 2nd generation surviving at school & public meant had to downplay Indian & pass as British so acquired local pronunciations & weakened Asian ones
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Older 2nd generation - also went into fathers'
businesses & had continuing ties with India so had
two distinct pronunciations of English
e.g.. Anwar (41) was 100% Indian when talking to Asian maid & 100% British when talking to Cockney mechanic
Rob Drummond Study (2012)
Findings
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To his surprise found that significant amount pronounced -ing as -ink the (Polish variant) despite excellent English but only if planning to return to Poland in the future
Procedure
Looked at English pronunciation of Polish people living in Manchester to find extent of Manchester accent & social factors
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Evaluation
Doesn’t tell us how individual may be using speech to perform aspects of their identity that relate to ethnicity especially if does different things with different people
MLE
(Multicultural London English)
Someone who aspires to be like Stormzy may choose to converge their dialect or use accent closer to these big names & use the features
e.g.. Grime music, Stormzy etc use MLE features in their music & speech
Ed West calls it Jafaican and says reflects lack of confidence in British cultural values and an aspiration towards some form of ghetto authenticity - lower class black-affectation
Refers to pool of language characteristics adopted to differing degrees by users depending on age, ethnicity, region & identity
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