Celebrity Accents and Public Identity Construction

Martino, Emilia Di

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“…In the specific case of U-RP there are no reaction studies, but it can be surely assimilated to what has been previously quoted about RP in general; also, building on the concept that listeners tend to evaluate language varieties into 'good and bad' (Preston 2002;Trousdale 36 The case of Geordie was explored extendedly by Di Martino (2019), who pointed out that "the representation of Geordie in advertising did not simply appear to have improved, but to have totally changed its position in the power distribution network of British varieties, shifting -with its presence in the voice-over of an advert -from constituting a counter-hegemonic force in the linguistic landscape of TV programming to becoming itself a symbol of conservative, hegemonic linguistic ideology. Indeed, a Royal Navy TV advert spurred a harsh debate over the choice to dub a Cumbrian Navy sailor's voice with a Geordie accent (Seddon 2016)" (ibid., 269).…”

Section: The Perception Of Upper-class Englishmentioning

confidence: 95%

Upper-class English in Natural and Audiovisual Dialogue

Valleriani¹

2021

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Many people helped me, directly or indirectly, during the years of my doctoral studies. In particular, I would like to thank: First of all, my supervisor, prof. Irene Ranzato, for being an inspiring mentor and an encouraging and caring advisor. Without her guidance and support, this thesis would not have come to light. I am also grateful to her for finding an academic potential in me and for involving me in new opportunities and challenges, thus contributing to my professional and personal development.All the other English lecturers at the Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies at Sapienza University for showing interest in my research and for often providing helpful advice.My Ph.D. colleagues, with whom I can always share my doubts and experiences.All the researchers that I have met during conferences and seminars, who provided cues to explore new directions.My friends and family, for offering me enjoyable social-life moments that recharged my mental energy.close the discussion by focusing on the comparison between real and represented upper-class English through the analysis of a few public speeches by the Queen and other aristocratic figures and how these speeches were rendered in The Crown.The results from this study, which combines the disciplines of sociolinguistics and dialectology applied to the audiovisual text, will hopefully open a new path in the study of the language of the élite group, which can still be considered as an under-researched topic in academia.

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Section: The Perception Of Upper-class Englishmentioning

confidence: 95%