LL-L "Language adaptation" 2003.12.04 (03) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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From: Jannie Lawn <jannie.lawn at ntlworld.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language adaptation" 2003.12.03 (01) [E]


Hai Lowlanders'

Mark Brooks wrote:
In my undergrad sociolinguistics class of 15-18 years ago my professor
explained it as the speaker's opinion of the dialect.  In other words, if
the speaker held the accent of the new area in high esteem, he would tend to
adopt it.  If the speaker held the accent of the area he moved away from in
higher esteem, he would tend to retain it.

Maybe that's why, after 25 years, people tell me I still speak English with
a Dutch accent, although my Dutch nowadays also seems to have an English
accent, so they say...
(When I first lived in the UK I didn't want to take elocution lessons to
adopt a 'perfect English' accent - as someone suggested.  Didn't seem the
need for it, still don't.)

Groeten, Jannie Lawn-Zijlstra

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