Monty Python - The Meaning of Life - Death

Here you´ll watch the full version of this episode (remember we had an adapted text).

Find the different accents the characters use, as well as the communicative purpose of: - different uses of contrastive focus; - uses of key; - evidence of who is in control in the different situations. Remember to justify your answers. Once ready, you can share this with us all via the comments in this same blog.

Classes

Dear all,

No classes on Thur. Please check this blog for further planning.

Cockney then and now

Prof. Wells published an interesting post about this accent on July, 2. Enjoy it.

Class July, 8, 2010

Hi everybody,

See you all tomorrow.

All the best,

Laura

English Accents - Links

Well... lack of 'familiarity' may sometimes cause some problems in communication. That is, find below the links that will allow you to appreciate the accents described in the previous post.

Thanks.

Scouse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFKOKBtLsM&feature=related

Geordie http://www.youtube.com/user/ideasoutthere#p/u/6/K1zfG9No12Y

http://www.youtube.com/user/dynamoehummm#p/u/21/oSHHbfY6MVc

Scottish http://www.youtube.com/user/kaiwanoshima#p/u/12/rubOxRxXSRE

Braveheart: http://www.youtube.com/user/CoachDavid85

General site: http://www.kaiwanoshima.co.uk/

Another Scottish example http://www.youtube.com/user/RayTheFox

1) Welsh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhOZfpd2py8&feature=related

2) Welsh http://www.youtube.com/user/thegreengreengrass#p/u/4/TexIK7mlgJw

Irish http://www.youtube.com/user/gorkapalazio#p/u/205/pIp4aeCHU9s

Cockney http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBrokenGentleman#p/u/14/3pTXi9Z2AYA

http://www.youtube.com/user/shanmugamlakshmanan#p/u/26/h_Sj9o7DWJU

Accents of English - 2

Let´s listen to some other accents around Great Britain. Let´s take Scouse, from the Liverpool area. Now Geordie, from Newcastle, and yet another rendering. A tour of Scottish accent, with a touch of Hollywood - (a link that may prove useful in this topic) and a touch of humour. Now to the West, with some Welsh various voices. In Ireland you may hear this and this more serious lesson. Some examples from Cockney, in two versions. Now an example of Estuary English. This is about all for this post.

Accents of English

Here goes some information concerning Estuary English, taken from Prof. Wells´home page. And in David Rosewarne's work, you can learn more about this dialect of the London area. Wells has another interesting article on this issue. Of course, these are but samples of the load of material you can find and read about this topic. Contributions are welcome.