Does accent matter. The Pygmalion factor 057115459X, 0571145094

Table of contents :
Preface
One What is ‘an accent’?
Two Where did RP come from?
Three Talking proper and talking posh
Four Are some accents better than others?
Five What is happening to RP?
Six Accent variety and the mass media
Seven The accents of politics
Eight Changing patterns
Nine Accents and the future
References
Index

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