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LINGUIST List 20.3239

Thu Sep 24 2009

Qs: Contemp. Audio/Video Recordings of Cockney Dialect

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        1.    Lida Cope, Contemp. Audio/Video Recordings of Cockney Dialect
Message 1: Contemp. Audio/Video Recordings of Cockney Dialect
Date: 23-Sep-2009
From: Lida Cope <copelecu.edu>
Subject: Contemp. Audio/Video Recordings of Cockney Dialect
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Dear fellow linguists,
Please see below a request from one of my graduate students (we intend to
post a summary on the LINGUIST):

For my sociolinguistics project on the Cockney dialect in popular media, I
am seeking to analyze phonetic differences between Cockney dialects in
adaptations of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion and real-life Cockney
dialects. While I have been successful in finding historical research
outlining general Cockney phonetics (even reaching back to the mid-1800s),
I have so far been unsuccessful in finding contemporary examples of Cockney.

I would like to find some media highlighting Cockney (or East-End London
dialect) in some fashion, though the example must have some evidence that
it remains free from speech directors. So, live recordings would work best,
and video would be preferable – although audio is also acceptable.
Recordings of “casual” Cockney conversation would be ideal, of course, but
I don’t know how available this is to the public; otherwise, documentaries,
presentations, and interviews would work well. I would very much appreciate
any assistance in this matter.

Thank you!

Zuzana Slosarova-Elliott
ZSE1026ecu.edu

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics
                            Sociolinguistics
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