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dc.contributor.authorDe Pascale, Carla
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-05T12:23:26Z
dc.date.available2013-12-05T12:23:26Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-26
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10556/895
dc.description2010 - 2011en_US
dc.description.abstractThe starting point of the present study was the idea that all the talk about Estuary English produced in the last few decades could not be ignored. The focus of the research, however, did not lie on the description of Estuary English and its ongoing development; it rather tried to concentrate on the use of this supposed middle-ground variety by speakers who, due to social factors, are generally not meant to speak it. Politicians, members of the Royal Family and BBC journalists are generally considered RP speakers; however, they sometimes shift towards less standard varieties. In this regard, questions have been asked in order to understand whether they consciously or unconsciously use Estuary English features and to investigate the place, the time and the manner for them to recur. Thus, a diaphasic perspective has been added to the prevailing diastratic relevance of the variety. The study has provided an empirical observation of the linguistic attitudes of the speakers belonging to the selected categories. Furthermore, it has verified that the Estuary English-as register-hypothesis, as proposed by Altendorf (2003), can function and represent a stylistic option for speakers who want to accommodate and converge towards wider speech communities. [edited by author]en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversita degli studi di Salernoen_US
dc.subjectEstuary englishen_US
dc.subjectEnglish sociolinguisticsen_US
dc.titleFrom Received Pronunciation to Estuary English: a shift from diastratic variationen_US
dc.typeDoctoral Thesisen_US
dc.subject.miurL-LIN/12 LINGUA E TRADUZIONE - LINGUA INGLESEen_US
dc.contributor.coordinatoreGrillo, Rosa Mariaen_US
dc.description.cicloX n.s.en_US
dc.contributor.tutorCordisco, Mikaelaen_US
dc.identifier.DipartimentoStudi Umanisticien_US
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