Accent and dialect

Accent and dialect


Bristol dialect quiz-
Cheers drive - thanking the bus driver
Dinnum - didn't they/don't know
Slider - a slide
Ideawl - idea
Gashead - Bristol rovers fan
Jasper - wasp
Pitchin - the snow is settling
Peepaw - people
Pitcher - picture
Yer tiz - here it is
Ark at ee mind - look at him


Overt prestige - talking properly/trying to speak standard English
Covert prestige - using your regional dialect and using your dialect for status
Accent - features of pronunciation (the speech sounds) that show regional and/or social identity
Dialect - features of lexis and grammar that show the regional or social background of the speaker
(your accent is part of your dialect)


What stereotypes are associated with the Bristolian dialect?

• people have the impression that we are farmers
• tractors and combine harvesters
• uneducated
• multi - cultural
• pirates
• working class
• males (slightly stronger)

Terry the odd job man - YouTube

• in his videos he does emphasis the way Bristolian's speak but we do use some of the phrases he mentions but not always in the way he represents them
• he's very proud of his identity
• over exaggerated for entertainment
• Somerset/south Bristol accent
• strong Bristolian accent = links to country

Beast clothing-

• dialect is dying out/being watered down - dialect levelling
• people are conscious of their accents and the attitudes that come with it
• accents are still prominent
• elocution lessons - "speak proper"

Analysis of Divergence and Convergence letters.

Analysis of Divergence and Convergence letters:
Throughout both my Convergence and Divergence one technique that i used are noun phrases. For example 'significant improvement' and 'appaling behaviour'. This technique is effective as it gives some more depth to points i am trying to put across to the students parents/carers and it also adds emphasis on what i am informing them of.
Another technique that i used within both of my letter is direct address such as 'you'. Direct address is effective as it is specifically directed to them and makes it more clearer and more understandable to who i am directing my letters to.
Adjectives are also a technique that i used in my letters which add