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| A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers |
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| The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms); |
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| A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect. |
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| A line indicating the geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature on a map. |
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| Inherent (intrinsic) vs. imposed norm hypothesis |
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| Some languages inherently ('objectively') more aesthetically appealing than others. |
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| Features of Scottish English? |
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| Strong rhoticity (r rolling), t glottaling, au > ou, earth as 'aerth', air as 'ear'. Approximation of long vs short vowels. 'ae' as 'a', 'but' as 'bot'. Scottish English has no /ʊ/, instead transferring Scots /u/. Phonetically, this vowel may be pronounced [ʉ] or even [ʏ]. Thus pull and pool are homophones. |
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| Non-rhoticity, t-flapping, h-dropping (variable), no l-vocalization. Slightly raised front vowels /e/, long i as ei= beat as bait. Slightly americanized o. Shifted diphtongs. Up-talk, long initial parts of diphtongs. |
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| Features of Anglo-Indian Accent? |
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| Fricatives (th) as plosives (t,d). Face and Goat are monophtongs: e:, o:. Happy is a close i:. No opposition between v vs w. |
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