“I am British but I am still a Geordie”. Local Identity in Northern England


Term Paper, 2014

18 Pages, Grade: 2


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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Geordie - a stigmatized dialect?
2.1 What is (a) Geordie? A brief classification
2.1.1 Historical background
2.1.2 Dialect Contact on Tyneside
2.1.3 Phonological Features of Northern English
2.2 Dialect levelling and diffusion

3. Case Study: FACE and GOAT vowels
3.1 Results of the study
3.2 Geordie Features: The Burr /ʁ/ and the unshifted Middle English /uː/

4. Otherness of the Geordies - a question of identity?

5. Conclusion and Outlook

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Title
“I am British but I am still a Geordie”. Local Identity in Northern England
College
http://www.uni-jena.de/  (Anglistik/Amerikanistik)
Course
Sociolinguistics
Grade
2
Author
Year
2014
Pages
18
Catalog Number
V276212
ISBN (eBook)
9783656692171
ISBN (Book)
9783656692164
File size
808 KB
Language
English
Keywords
british, geordie”, local, identity, northern, england
Quote paper
Claudia Haller (Author), 2014, “I am British but I am still a Geordie”. Local Identity in Northern England, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/276212

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