1. Consider how RP Rose to Become a Prestigious Accent
Generally, people have two types of reaction to that situation: trying to hide their language, or keep speaking their own language. ... In sociolinguistic studies it has become clear that RP is the dominant norm in pronunciation for most of the middle class. On the other hand in local speech forms and vernacular forms were said to be the norms in the working class. ...
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