Cultural and linguistic roots of American English

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[Diapositiva 1] CULTURAL VALUES & LINGUISTIC ROOTS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH [Diapositiva 2] BRITISH ROOTS & VALUES PURITANS ROYALISTS / CAVALIERS QUAKERS SCOTS-IRISH / BORDERLANDERS EAST ANGLIA  NEW ENGLAND SOUTHERN ENGLAND  TIDEWATER (VIRGINIA) PENNSYLVANIA APPALACHIA EACH CULTURE BROUGHT ACCENT FEATURES VOCABULARY IDEAS ABOUT AUTHORITY & SPEECH MORAL DISCIPLINE AND LITERACY HIERARCHY AND HONOR EGALITARIANISM INDIVIDUALISM [Diapositiva 3] PRONUNCIATION INFLUENCE RHOTIC VS *NON-RHOTIC PRONUNCIATION *New York (fourth = fawth) *Boston (car = cah) FLAT VOWELS – New England influence *Marge Simpson SCOTS-IRISH SPEECH RHYTHM – Appalachia *Cletus from the Simpsons (exaggerated speech) [Diapositiva 4] VOCABULARY FROM BRITISH FOLKWAYS PURITANS E mphasized LITERACY, THEOLOGY, many moral and religious expressions C ovenant C alling ( as in life purpose) Elect Providence Commonwealth (normalized words in colonial America) ROYALISTS / CAVALIERS - L ess direct vocabulary contribution more speech style and social language H onor G entleman E state pedigree P lanter (formal address, emphasis on rank, politeness tied to status) [Diapositiva 5] VOCABULARY FROM BRITISH FOLKWAYS QUAKERS Contributed very...