What is a dialect?
- A dialect is a specific variety of English that differs from other varieties in three specific ways which are lexis, grammar and phonology (pronunciation or accent).
- English dialects may be different from each other, but all speakers within the English-speaking world can still generally understand them.
- Birmingham - words are heavily emphasized and dragged out, the largest emphasis tends to be in the middle of each word.
- The Essex accent is very rural, most people seem to think that people from Essex have a cockney accent. Nowadays due to the East London overspill. For example people from Essex say ‘gunna go’ instead of ‘going to go’.
- A Newcastle example of dialect is 'eeeh man ahm gannin te the booza. this actually means okay ive had enough im going to the bar. This is due to their accent and how they speak.
What is an accent?
- An accent is a distinctive way of pronouncing words in a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area or social class.
- For example, a speaker from Newcastle-upon-Tyne may say something such as gan from someone in Essex would say “to go”
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