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Component 1 Terms - Coggle Diagram
Component 1 Terms
Glottal stop - Sounds that are produced without the tongue but that are stopped in the mouth (e.g Gatwick, bottle, british)
Estuary English - An accent which is made up of a mix of South East accents and R.P which is now spreading across other counties
The Great Vowel Shift - An event between 1400-1600 that saw a pronunciation change across English society, and spelling and pronunciation drifted further
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Standard English - The spelling of English set up by the invention of the Printing Press in 1476, which is now taught to children in school
Received Pronunciation (R.P) - The supposedly 'proper' accent spoken by BBC presenters to sound clear and knowledgeable
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Accommodation - The ways in which different speaker's language styles move closer together (converge) or further apart (diverge) from each other
Code-Switching - The way in which a speaker moves between one register, style, or variety of language into another
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Levelling - A reduction of the spread, range, and features of a local dialect
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Multicultural London English (MLE) - A form of language used by young multi-ethnic speakers mainly in London
Non-Standard Usage - A way of describing language usage which deviates in some way from Standard English
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Prescriptivist - A person who judges language use as correct or incorrect and encourages usage of standard forms
Sociolect - A type of language, usually linked to a social or occupational group
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Vernacular - The generally used form of language, often colloquial or non-standard