The historical sociolinguistics of elite accent change: On why RP is not disappearing

dc.contributor.authorTrudgill, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-22T07:43:50Z
dc.date.available2017-08-22T07:43:50Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThere is a perception common in the UK today, especially amongst journalists, that the RP accent is disappearing: for example, Public School pupils and younger members of the Royal Family are now often said to be speaking Cockney instead of RP. This claim is totally erroneous, but it is possible to point to a number of factors which can account for this perception. This paper attempts to elucidate what these factors are; and it uses evidence from the history of English to argue that the linguistic events currently affecting RP are sociolinguistically nothing new or modern, and indeed are the result of sociolinguistically inevitable processes of diffusion and change which have persisted for very many generations.pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationStudia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 44 (2008), pp. 3-12pl_PL
dc.identifier.issn0081-6272
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/19066
dc.language.isoengpl_PL
dc.publisherAdam Mickiewicz Universitypl_PL
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesspl_PL
dc.titleThe historical sociolinguistics of elite accent change: On why RP is not disappearingpl_PL
dc.typeArtykułpl_PL

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