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English accents. 1. English is full of variation. Ways of defining RP. sociolinguistic what do the upper class actually do? (upper-middle classes, educated classes) ideal what is correct? (beautiful, widely accepted, understood everywhere) localizability - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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English accents
1. English is full of variation
Ways of defining RP
• sociolinguistic– what do the upper class actually do?
(upper-middle classes, educated classes)• ideal
– what is correct?(beautiful, widely accepted, understood everywhere)
• localizability– what is not localizable (within England)?
• EFL– what do we teach foreign learners?
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