Abstract This paper compares teaching practices of English as a foreign language in Sweden and Germany based on questionnaire targeted at investigating teachers’ experiences views use, giving snapshot classrooms the two countries. In this regard, focus is following questions: Which target varieties are used TEFL, to what extent? What status different among teachers countries? The results show that use still play TEFL classroom, despite recent move towards communicative competence goal. main...

The UK is facing important changes in the near future, with Brexit, i.e. leaving European Union (EU), looming ever more closely on horizon. These political and economic will certainly have an influence Europe as a whole, had linguistic consequences for English language, such Brexit-related neologisms (Lalić-Krstin & Silaški, 2018). As Modiano (2017a) suggests, Brexit might also status of language EU, particular regard to dominance native speaker varieties. In this article, we discuss...

In this article, I demonstrate that goose -fronting is taking place in Carlisle, a city the north-west of England, and provide detailed information about change. The results show similarly strong linguistic constraints are found variety other varieties. A second point discussion dynamics between back vowels, i.e. goat foot , community. argue we also need to study most adjacent vowels order understand complexity vowel change influence on nearby vowels. data stem from interviews conducted...

This article investigates the status of foot – strut split in counties Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire East Midlands England. The area is a linguistic transition zone between northern English varieties with phoneme inventory five short vowels, where are represented by same phoneme, southern which have therefore six vowels. However, lack research on distribution vowels exists to fill that gap, this examines possible diffusion northwards as predicted Trudgill (1986)....

The question of how we can define salience, what properties it includes and quantify have been discussed widely over the past thirty years but still more questions than answers about this phenomenon, e. g. not only salience arises, also it. However, despite lack a clear definition, is often taken into account as an explanatory factor in language change. scientific discourse on has most cases revolved around phonetic features, while hardly any variables other linguistic levels investigated...

Abstract The current study analyzes the trajectory of goose vowel in Received Pronunciation (RP) over ten decades (1920s-2010s). Recordings eighty-seven RP speakers were transcribed ELAN , and tokens extracted by FAVE measuring F1 F2 values at midpoint. Showing life-cycle a sound change from start to (almost) completion, results confirm that -fronting has been an active for many RP, with starting increase middle twentieth century accelerated changes 1970s 2010s. We observe similar predictor...

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Dialects in the South East of England are very often perceived as one homogenous mass, without much regional variation. Rosewarne introduced notion Estuary English and defined it ‘variety modified speech [ . ] a mixture non-regional local south-eastern pronunciation intonation’ (Rosewarne, 1984). However, studies such Przedlacka (2001) Torgersen & Kerswill (2004) have shown that, at least on phonetic level, distinct varieties exist. Nevertheless, few investigated language use even fewer...

This article reviews the status of trap-bath split in counties Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire East Midlands England. The forms a linguistic transition zone between northern English varieties which lack (part of) split, southern have this split. We examine acoustic properties trap bath region to determine whether pattern is stable over time or diffusing. Reading-passage data, stratified by age group, sex, location are used provide an apparent multilocal view on distribution...

Predicting the future of English has been an exercise linguists have engaged with in academic settings for a long time, e.g. Sélincourt (1928), Jagger (1940), Quirk (1972) and Kortmann (2001). Mair (2013: 314) remarks that ‘in spite known risks involved task, there is no dearth prophets linguistic community’. While he does not discuss ‘known risks’ his chapter, show lot these predictions become true over course time.

Abstract This paper discusses the obsolescence of h-dropping as a local feature in Maryport, West Cumbria. Using sociolinguistic interview data, quantitative approach and mixed-effects modelling is used to explain linguistic changes community. Sociolinguistic accounts always state that has been stigmatised England since 18th century. However, oldest speakers sample do not change their level more formal speech styles, which indicates standard language ideology “proper” English might be...

Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: How does second dialect acquisition in a language compare to that first terms of rates predictors vocabulary use? Design/methodology/approach: A lexical preference task was completed by four groups participants residing Australia: speakers Australian (L1D1) American (L1D2) English, Russian who acquired (L2D1) (L2D2) English first. The named objects which are denoted different words (e.g. bell pepper vs capsicum). Data analysis: response coded...

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