Mainstream Dublin English

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mainstream_Dublin_English
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:New_Dublin_English
gptkbp:category gptkb:Irish_English
Dublin culture
Dialects of English
gptkbp:characterizedBy influence from Standard English
reduced traditional Dublin features
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Local_Dublin_English
Non-local Dublin English
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Local_Dublin_English
Non-local Dublin English
gptkbp:emergedIn late 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mainstream Dublin English
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Received_Pronunciation
gptkb:Irish_English
gptkbp:languageFamily English
gptkbp:linguisticFeature fronted vowels
non-rhoticity (in some speakers)
flattened intonation
less marked diphthongs
gptkbp:region gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Local_Dublin_English
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Dublin
gptkbp:status prestige variety in Dublin
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Raymond_Hickey
David Britain
gptkbp:usedBy younger speakers
middle class speakers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dublin_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7