Estuary English: Levelling at the Interface of RP and South-Eastern British English

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Gunter Narr Verlag, 2003 - English language - 187 pages
 

Contents

The aim and scope of the present investigation
4
CockneyPopular London
5
Linguistic characteristics of EE
10
Regional extension of EE
16
Social and linguistic evaluation of EE
22
Advanced RP
31
Extralinguistic variables
41
diachronic perspective
56
Vowels and diphthongs
102
Interpreting results with regard to the notion of
119
hypotheses and findings
128
EE as an accent continuum ?
133
Explaining results
139
Acts of identity and preservation of diversity
149
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155
Conclusion
159

Consonants
62
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63
Vowels and diphthongs
70
Describing results
77
46
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52
100
What has given rise to EE?
163
Bibliography
169
550
172
Appendices
177
Stylistic variation Summary
187
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