1. "Investigating speech samples as 'dialect in discourse': Discourse analysis, phonetics and language attitudes." Anne Fabricius Roskilde University Essex University, Thursday 3 rd February 2005

2. Structure of the talk Introduction Language attitudes methodology The role of Dynamism: Danish examples The empirical study: data collection The narratives: phonetics and discourse Results But what does it all mean?

3. Introduction (1) An ongoing project on RP in England/U.K. (1)Looking at phonetic variation synchronically and diachronically (2)Looking at attitudes to the accent standard accent vs élite accent

4. Introduction (2) RP’s attitudinal place Attitudinal Place of RP speakers ”anti-toff class prejudice” (CM, IK)

5. Introduction (3) A diversion: how do we look at RP sociolinguistically The systematic ambiguity Native-RP and Construct RP Forms and norms change at different speeds (TE clip) Here looking at C-RP

6. Language attitudes methodology Social observation (BJ, IK, JM) Direct methods (C. Sin 2005) Indirect methods The matched guise technique Arguments against it A renewal underway

7. Status and Solidarity (Zahn and Hopper 1985) Status Gifted/intelligent Ambitious Independent Efficient Solidarity Pleasant Trustworthy Interesting Straightforward

8. Superiority and Dynamism (Kristiansen 2001) Superiority Status Dimension Gifted/intelligent Ambitious Solidarity Dimension Pleasant Trustworthy Dynamism Status Dimension Efficient Independent Solidarity Dimension Interesting Straightforward

9. High versus Low Copenhagen (Study 1998) Regarded by regional speakers as ’two standards’: one for the school/establishment (High), one for the media (Low). Low Copenhagen as the voice of Dynamism RP and Estuary English?

10. Data collection 6 passages interview speech (male, female; London, Regional, RP) Presented to 161 secondary schools in York, March 2002 Set of adjectives plus open-ended questions Quantitative and qualitative results

11. The narratives (Transcripts on Handout) RP speaker Regional speaker

12. Characteristics Phonetics RP speaker: U-RP and mainstream RP Regional Speaker Discourse Bird’s eye narratives Contrasts between the texts

13. Results Quantitative results Qualitative results (see tables on handout)

14. Discussion The interplay of accent and discourse: lasting impressions Working with dialect in discourse: the gestalt A new alignment of superiority and dynamism in regional versus RP speech Social class (and another story…)