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history and varieties of english weeks 6-8 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - so,• WC adolescent in Milton Keynes and Reading show a surprisingly high level of /h/
        • “In such close-knit, territorially bounded community as the Hull estate, use of the standard form is perceived as ‘posh’ and there is
        strong pressure to avoid it.” Williams & Kerswill 1999:158-• Hull adolescent seem as ready to adopt certain innovations as their counterparts in Milton Keynes and Reading.
        • Use of glottal stop for /t/, as in letter or cut it out
        • A feature of London and Cockney, which has spread and come to be perceived as a stereotype of urban British speech.
        • T-glottalling is not part of the traditional dialect of Hull or the surrounding areas.
        
        Another feature which seems to be spreading out of London is TH-fronting: the use of /f, v/ for the voiceless and voiced ‘th’ sound (interdental fricative), as in thin and brother • TH-fronting (and T-glottalling), is part of a set of ‘youth norms’ adopted by young people in many areas of Great Britain.
        • Overall, young people in the south-east are rejecting older, regionally marked forms in favour of non-regional variants.
        • At the same time, WC adolescent in Hull seem to adhere strongly to certain conservative local forms.• Variation in ‘th’ may be less salient for Hull speakers than h-dropping
        • The adoption of southern, non-standard variants of ‘th’ doesn’t affect a Northerner’s sense of regional identity.
        • By adopting non-standard southern features, the Hull adolescents are able to signal their identification with the peer group and youth culture, and at the same time retain strong links with their social class and their region.