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Accents and Dialect
| Key Term | Definition and Example |
|---|---|
| Overt Prestige | Overt prestige is acquired by those speakers who have command of a standard dialect (or dialects) that is socially defined as that spoken to gain social status within the wider community; often that of the elite. |
| Covert Prestige | Covert prestige, however, is that acquired by those speakers desiring to belong; to be considered a member of a certain community. These are major factors in deciding how we speak. |
| Status | |
| Solidarity | |
| Accommodation Theory | |
| Convergence | |
| Divergence | |
| Received Pronounciation | |
| Estuary English | |
| Code-switching | |
| Standard English | |
| Non-Standard English | |
| Dialect Levelling | |
| Prescriptivist Attitude | |
| Descriptivist Attitude |