"baddow" - 1 õppematerjal

Estuary English - A Controversial Issue?

Przedlacka, contained the diachronic and the synchronic dimensions. The data from (1) `Estuary English' speakers and the informants included in The Survey of English Dialects (the SED) recorded in the 1950s (Orton 1967 & 1970, in Przedlacka 2001 & 2002a), and (2) speakers of `Estuary English', Cockney and Received Pronunciation were compared. Gender and class differences were taken into account. The fieldwork was done in four localities: Aylesbury, Bucks, Little Baddow, Essex, Farningham, Kent, and Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey (the supposed territory of Estuary English) each locality represented by four speakers, eight males and eight females altogether. The speakers were recruited in two different types of schools: eight students from selective (grammar) schools and eight students from non-selective (comprehensive) schools. Conclusions: Przedlacka (2001) concludes that in the territory where EE is said to be the dominant