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“[bəoːt]: That was an unnatural way of saying boat: usually I’m saying [boːt]”: A study of potential phonetic change in the Geordie accent
Mälardalen University, School of Education, Culture and Communication.
2025 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This study aims to document possible changes within the regional variety (accent) of Geordie in the north-east of England, by examining phonological qualities of Geordie features and how these are realised, and how a change in style, triggered by different activities during a recorded interview, might change the pronunciation (style shifting). Speakers of different ages were recorded, where a younger sample group, in their late adolescence or twenties, are taken to represent the emerging state of the variety while an older sample group, who are in their sixties or older, represent the variety’s past. The results show how the variety seems to have changed between generations, as well as and more prominently, how it has not changed. From the results, conclusions have been drawn relating to phonological change in regard to style shifting.

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2025. , p. 34
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LÄRARUTBILDNINGEN
Keywords [en]
Phonology, Style shifting, Language change, Geordie, Varieties of English
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General Language Studies and Linguistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-70000OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-70000DiVA, id: diva2:1933853
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English
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Available from: 2025-02-11 Created: 2025-02-02 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

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