Chapter 8: Received Pronunciation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Abbreviations VII
4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2: Standard American English 9
6. Chapter 3: Regional varieties of American English 31
7. Chapter 4: Canadian English in real-time perspective 53
8. Chapter 5: Re-viewing the origins and history of African American Language 80
9. Chapter 6: Standard British English 96
10. Chapter 7: Regional varieties of British English 121
11. Chapter 8: Received Pronunciation 151
12. Chapter 9: Estuary English 169
13. Chapter 10: Cockney 187
14. Chapter 11: Celtic and Celtic Englishes 210
15. Chapter 12: Scots 231
16. Chapter 13: English in Ireland 244
17. Chapter 14: English in Wales 265
18. Chapter 15: Australian/New Zealand English 289
19. Chapter 16: English in India 311
20. Chapter 17: English in Africa – a diachronic typology 330
21. Chapter 18: Diffusion 349
22. Chapter 19: Supraregionalization 365
23. Chapter 20: Pidgins and creoles 385
24. Index 403