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Standard English— One of the Varieties of English

Standard English— One of the Varieties of English.  What is printed in books and newspapers  Taught in school to English-speaking children  Taught to foreigners  ‘Educated’ variety  Used on TV and for Newscasts.

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Standard English— One of the Varieties of English

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  1. Standard English—One of the Varieties of English  What is printed in books and newspapers  Taught in school to English-speaking children  Taught to foreigners  ‘Educated’ variety  Used on TV and for Newscasts Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4th edition. London: Penguin Books, pp. 5-6. 1/10

  2. British English RP Accent NON-LOCALIZED Learned in “public schools” Used on BBC  Taught to foreigners Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4th edition. London: Penguin Books, pp. 5-6. 2/10

  3. Prevocalic and Non-Prevocalic /r/ rat rich /r/ carry sorry /r/ cart car /r/ vs. NO /r/ Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4th edition. London: Penguin Books, p. 9. 3/10

  4. Social Significance of / r / after a Vowel US: / r / high status no / r / low status UK: / r / low status no / r / high status 4/10

  5. Attitudes towards and use ofnon-prevocalic /r/ : Upper middle class in New York City % r-positive % /r/ age informants used 8-19 100 48 20-39 100 34 40 + 62 9 Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4th edition. London: Penguin Books, p. 11. 5/10

  6. Martha's Vineyard Pronunciation Martha’s General Vineyard American loud / lud / / laud / house / hus / / haus / about / but / / baut / Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4th edition. London: Penguin Books, p. 12. 6/10

  7. The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (Simplified)  Language shapes how we perceive the world.  The world / society shapes our language. 7/10

  8. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and Influences on Language Physical Environment Social Environment or Structure  Values of Society Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4th edition. London: Penguin Books, pp. 15-20. 8/10

  9. Kinship Terms older/younger brothers older/younger brothers older/younger sisters older/younger sisters Father Mother YOU 9/10

  10. Taboo Subjects or Words  Sex  Excretion  Christian Religion  Race  Dying Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4th edition. London: Penguin Books, pp. 18-20. 10/10

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