Social class and language on TV

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Beth Kemp
Social class and language on TV
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Diversity and change: Accents and dialects
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Student activity
Using a range of clips from TV, students analyse how language represents social class by looking at regional variation as well as Standard English, Received pronunciation and Estuary English. Includes a range of tasks and a summary of some of the linguistic studies about language variety (overt or covert prestige, solidarity, exclusion etc.).  

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