The position of Received Pronunciation
Although RP is widely used by non-native speakers all around the world, the situation looks a bit different when we talk about the Great Britain itself. While the UKSE is used by about 15% of the...
View ArticleMedia and "voices from the regions"
The British Broadcasting Corporation decided to hire television presenters with vigorous, regional accents. It was not a radical change, but many presenters started to use cockneyfied RP. There is an...
View ArticleThe Received Pronunciation loss in usage
Cockney is a very influential accent. Its present popularity overlaps with the Received Pronunciation loss in usage. These two facts create a situation where RP is “forced” to adopt some Cockney...
View ArticleAccents: Jamie T and Diana Spencer
Jamie T and Diana Spencer that I have not mentioned before, are not fully analysed here, as they represent the two “pole” accents (Cockney and RP). The accents of the speakers in question are not the...
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E-book: "British Accents: Cockney, RP, Estuary English"
I invite you to read my new e-book entitled "British Accents: Cockney, RP, Estuary English". Below you can find a description of the book: Today, we can find many elements of speech, which are...
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Demokratyzacja Received Pronunciation – standardowej wymowy angielskiej
Obecnie najbardziej rozpowszechnionym standardem języka angielskiego w „brytyjskiej” części globu jest połączenie akcentu Received Pronunciation[1] (RP) oraz dialektu United Kingdom...
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Akcent Cockney i jego główne cechy
Liczne cechy akcentu Cockney przenikają do standardowej wymowy angielskiej, która następnie, w swej hybrydowej postaci, jest szeroko wykorzystywana, m.in. przez celebrytów i polityków....
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Akcenty brytyjskie: Estuary English (New London Voice)
Hybryda Cockney oraz RP, znana również jako New London Voice, charakteryzuje się przede wszystkim ciemnym /l/, lecz nie w tak skrajnej postaci[1] jak w przypadku Cockney. W słowach takich jak pool oraz...
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Changes in Received Pronunciation (examples: Tony Blair, Kate Nash, Simon Reeve)
Today, we can find many elements of speech, which are considered to be non-standard accent and are used in Standard English. The most common change in Received Pronunciation is glottalisation. It is...
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Tony Blair – perswazyjna przemowa czy manipulacja? (cz. 5, podsumowanie,...
Blair przez pierwsze lata urzędowania na stanowisku premiera mówił niemal wyłącznie w standardowym akcencie Received Pronunciation. Dopiero po latach jego eksperci od marketingu politycznego poradzili...
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