Looking into the language used in the Geordie Shore interview
What I found that was interesting about the language that the two people being interviewed used, is that because of their dialect being northern and with a strong Newcastle accent they use a fair amount of non-standard English. For instance "I can't believer this like" and "tryna". Dialect and sociolect play a large part of language in reality TV shows so it could be compared to other dialects, for instance The Only Way Is Essex and the southern accent that would apply in that circumstance.
I'm not quite sure what theory could be applies yet though, possibly Tannen's difference theory or a male vs. female theory of sorts.
More data could be collected by doing an internet search of typical phrases from different regions and studying the difference that accent and dialect can have on a conversation, this could be done by speaking to people with regional accents or watching more videos or shows where accent is something that is easily noticed.
its interesting comparing dialects, its funny how different they are considering how small Britain is
ReplyDeleteGreat comparison between the sociolects different reality shows share, showing a great understanding of the non-standard english they use xxx
ReplyDeleteGood work on this one too, Robyn, and good comments from G and H. I was watching a Russel Brand interview from Morning Joe and, among other very interesting Power plays, one of the interviewers said he couldn't understand Brand on the radio because of his accent. Accent is an extremely interesting concept generally but it is a hard thing to analyse in this type of investigation because of transcribing it and finding tentative things to analyse about it that are interesting rather than just describing the variations. Can you think of anything? Sample data is probably your friend here.
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