Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)

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Multicultural London English is a contemporary urban dialect of English spoken in London, shaped by diverse ethnic and linguistic influences and now widely used by younger generations across the city.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact variety ⓘ
dialect of English ⓘ
sociolect ⓘ
urban dialect ⓘ
youth language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs MLE ⓘ
Urban London English ⓘ
contrastsWith Received Pronunciation ⓘ
traditional Cockney ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
developedFrom British Black English ⓘ
Cockney ⓘ
London Jamaican English ⓘ
emergedFrom multiethnic urban neighborhoods ⓘ
post-war immigration to London ⓘ
hasDomain popular culture ⓘ
hasFeature distinct vowel system compared to Cockney ⓘ
frequent use of quotative "this is me" or "I was like" ⓘ
innovative diphthong pronunciations ⓘ
innovative prosody and intonation patterns ⓘ
lexical items from Caribbean English ⓘ
lexical items from Jamaican Creole ⓘ
lexical items from South Asian languages ⓘ
lexical items from West African languages ⓘ
reduction of consonant clusters ⓘ
use of discourse markers like "innit" ⓘ
use of pragmatic marker "you get me" ⓘ
use of slang terms like "bare" meaning "a lot" ⓘ
use of slang terms like "mandem" ⓘ
use of slang terms like "peng" meaning "attractive" ⓘ
use of slang terms like "ting" ⓘ
use of slang terms like "wasteman" ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
Caribbean English varieties ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean English

Cockney ⓘ
Jamaican Patois ⓘ
Received Pronunciation ⓘ
South Asian languages ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
West African languages ⓘ
influences contemporary British slang ⓘ
youth speech in other UK cities ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
recognizedAs major variety of contemporary London English ⓘ
region Inner London ⓘ
Outer London ⓘ
researchedBy linguist Jenny Cheshire ⓘ
linguist Paul Kerswill ⓘ
linguist Sue Fox ⓘ
socialFunction alternative to traditional Cockney for London youth ⓘ
marker of multiethnic peer group membership ⓘ
marker of urban youth identity ⓘ
spokenIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
spreadTo other urban centers in the United Kingdom ⓘ
subfamily English language ⓘ
linked to: English

West Germanic languages ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
typicalSpeakers middle-class youth adopting urban styles ⓘ
second-generation immigrant youth in London ⓘ
working-class youth in London ⓘ
usedBy multiethnic communities in London ⓘ
young people in London ⓘ
usedIn British urban television and film ⓘ
UK rap ⓘ
drill music in the UK ⓘ
grime music ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cockney → culturalAssociation → Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor) ⓘ
Cockney → influenced → Multicultural London English ⓘ
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
Estuary English → relatedTo → Multicultural London English ⓘ
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
Multicultural London English → alsoKnownAs → Urban London English ⓘ
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
Londoners → useLanguage → Multicultural London English ⓘ
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
MLE → fullName → Multicultural London English ⓘ
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
London Jamaican English → overlapsWith → Multicultural London English ⓘ
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
British Black English → hasInfluenceFrom → London Multicultural English ⓘ
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
British Black English → relatedTo → Multicultural London English ⓘ
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
Paul Kerswill → hasPublishedOn → Multicultural London English ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist Paul Kerswill
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
Paul Kerswill → notableConcept → Multicultural London English ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist Paul Kerswill
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)
Sue Fox → fieldOfWork → Multicultural London English ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist Sue Fox
linked to: Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor)