Linguistic homework

Sujet L3 ‘Accents of English’

Question 1: Match the accent with the linguistic features of its speakers. (10 pts)

For each accent (see table below), indicate (with a letter) the feature(s) present in the speech of its speakers. One accent may have several features, and you must include all those that are correct.

Features:

A.

B. TH-Stopping

C. FACE and GOAT are monophthongs

D. Rhoticity

E. NON-Rhoticity

F. PIN-PEN Merger

G. FOOT = GOOSE

H. TRAP = BATH

I. TRAP = START

J. NURSE-SQUARE Merger

K. No FOOT – STRUT Split

L. Called ‘Scouse’

M. Called ‘Geordie’

N. Called ‘Cockney’

O. Transition from non-rhoticity to rhoticity

P. Very frequent H-Dropping

Q. Very frequent L-Vocalization

R. ‘Southern Drawl’

S. Final voiceless plosives become affricates or fricatives

Your answers:

Accent	Features: USE LETTERS ONLY
Newcastle
Liverpool
Manchester
London
Edinburgh
Boston
New York
The US South
Canada
Dublin

Question 2: Analyse the speech of the speaker (Oli Sykes). The audio and the script are both provided. (10 pts) For THIS speaker:

A. Is there T-Glottaling? Give two examples (word, phonetic transcription and line in the script)

B. What is the happY vowel? Give two examples (word, phonetic transcription and line in the script)

C. What is the BATH vowel? Give two examples (word, phonetic transcription and line in the script)

D. Is the speaker rhotic? Give two examples (word, phonetic transcription and line in the script)

E. Is there a FOOT-STRUT Split? Give two examples (word, phonetic transcription and line in the script)

Your answers:

You can use this sentence template:

“The speaker always/mainly/sometimes/never uses/has [feature]”

Question	Explanation (25 words max per question)	Examples (word, transcription, live in the script)
A
B
C
D
E