Multicultural London English
GPTKB entity
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:dialect
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:MLE
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
multiculturalism
youth culture |
| gptkbp:characterizedBy |
unique vocabulary
distinctive pronunciation innovative grammar |
| gptkbp:contrastsWith |
gptkb:Received_Pronunciation
traditional Cockney |
| gptkbp:emergedIn |
late 20th century
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| gptkbp:hasDictionary |
safe
link peak yard par bare roadman ting blud allow it buss creps dank ends fam gassed innit mandem peng shook sket wasteman |
| gptkbp:hasFeature |
code-switching
monophthongization multicultural influences lexical innovation th-fronting h-dropping innovative use of 'was' and 'were' rapid change use of 'dem' as plural marker use of 'innit' as tag question use of 'man' as pronoun |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Multicultural London English
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| gptkbp:influenced |
other urban dialects in UK
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Cockney
gptkb:Estuary_English gptkb:West_African_languages gptkb:Caribbean_English gptkb:Standard_English South Asian languages |
| gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
gptkb:BBC
gptkb:The_Guardian gptkb:The_Telegraph |
| gptkbp:perceivedAs |
marker of identity
urban youth speech |
| gptkbp:spokenIn |
gptkb:London
youth |
| gptkbp:studiedBy |
gptkb:Jenny_Cheshire
gptkb:Paul_Kerswill |
| gptkbp:studiedIn |
sociolinguistics
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| gptkbp:usedIn |
urban areas
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Southern_English_English
gptkb:Southern_English gptkb:Southern_British_English |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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