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"Received Pronunciation was invented" How so?
by rahimnathwani 7mo ago
"Received Pronunciation was invented"
How so?
- herewulf 7mo agoIt's not the natural evolution of a regional dialect coming to prominence but rather the conscious consensus of a geographically distributed social stratum. Interestingly, the sociolinguistic literature shows that such a consensus is strongest among an aspirationally upward-mobile social group rather than the already social elite. In other words: The aspirational middle class make a big effort to speak how they think the upper class speak in hopes of joining them one day.