COCKNEY ENGLISH BYCarta Lorena

Orzanco Miriam

Orozco Yamila

COCKNEY ENGLISH

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BACKGROUND OF COCKNEY

GEOGRAPHY OF COCKNEY

SOCIOLINGUISTIC ISSUES OF ENGLISH

CHANGE OF MEANING OF THE WORD COCKNEY

Stage I (14th century): misshapen, malformed egg.

Stage II (late 14th and 15th century): pampered, spoilt child.

Stage III (16th century): any city dweller of any city (as opposed to countrymen).

Stage IV (17th century): a Londoner born within the sound of Bow Bells, Cheapside.

Stage V (18th century): Londoners and their dialect.

STAGE I (14TH CENTURY): MISSHAPEN, MALFORMED EGG.

STAGE II (LATE 14TH AND 15TH CENTURY): PAMPERED, SPOILT CHILD.

STAGE III (16TH CENTURY): ANY CITY DWELLER OF ANY CITY (AS OPPOSED TO COUNTRYMEN).

STAGE IV (17TH CENTURY): A LONDONER BORN WITHIN THE SOUND OF BOW BELLS, CHEAPSIDE.

STAGE V (18TH CENTURY): LONDONERS AND THEIR DIALECT

ATTITUDES TOWARDS COCKNEY

COCKNEY: THE WORKING CLASS

STIGMATIZED DIALECT

COCKNEY: FOUNDATION OF SOAP OPERAS

COCKNEY

The broad working class speech of East London. English varieties, Cockney to be one of them. It is not surprising that Cockney has such an impact, for it is one of the most spread English dialects that couple of decades ago had more than 7 million speakers(F. McArthur & T. McArthur (Eds.): 1992).

PRONOUNCIATION

FEATURES OF COCKNEY ENGLISH• THE MOST CHARACTERISTICS FEATURES OF COCKNEY ARE:

DROPPING THE “H” AT THE BEGGINING OF WORDS: HOUSE=´OUSE / HALF= ´AAF / HAMMER = ´AMMER

LETTER “T” DROPPED OR TURNED INTO A GLOTTAL STOP IN FINAL POSISTION: CAT= Kae?

IT CAN ALSO BE FOUND /P,k / GLOTTALIZED IN FINAL POSITION:UP=

SOCK=“T” CAN ALSO BE REPLACED BY A GLOTTAL STOP WITHIN A WORD IN NTERVOCALIC POSITION: WATERLOO= Wa´erloo

CITY= Ci´y WATER= Wa´er

“TH” FRONTING: REPLACING OF THE DENTAL FRICATIVES BY LABIODENTALTHIN=FIN BROTHER= BRUVVERTHREE= FREETHING= FINBATH= BARF

VOWEL LOWERING: DINNER= DINNA / MARROW= MARRA ING AS /IN/:

IT WAS HAILING THIS MORNING= I´WOZ AILIN THIS MORNINSOMETIMES THEY ADD A /K/ TO THE END OF WORDS ENDING IN “ING”

EVERYTHING= EVRIFINKNOTHING= NAFFINK

/L/ AT THE END OF A WORD BECOMES A /W/: ALSO TYPICAL OF ESTUARY ENGLISH

WELL DONE= WEW DAN

ABOUT DIPHTHONGS: /ei/ IS PRONOUNCED AS /ai/LANE= /lain/MAIN= /main/

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR ASPECT Multiple negation I ain’t never done nothing. Verb morphology You see ‘im! – I never! They done it. You

was. Reflexive pronouns ‘E’ll ‘urt ‘isself. That’s yourn. Demonstratives Them books.

Adverbs without –ly or use of adjectives insteadTrains are running normal. The boys done good.

Prepositions Down the pub, up her nan’s, out the window.

Other non-standard formsWhere’s me bag? Me don’t like it.

COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG

COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG Rhyming Slang is a kind of slang in which a

word is replaced by another word or phrase that rhymes with it.

Adam and Eve: believe. E g. “Would you Adam 'n' Eve it?”

Bread and Honey: money. E.g. “I've run out of bread and honey.”

Chine Plate: mate. E.g. “I can’t do it by myself. I need a China Mate.”

USES OF PEOPLE’S NAMES

• Pat Malone= alone• Jim Skinner= dinner• Jimmy Riddle= piddle (urinate)• Jack O'Brien= Train

FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO SPEAK COCKNEY

SIR MICHAEL CAINESID VICIOUS

BILLY BAILEY

VIDEOS

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