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Published: 08.09.2021.
Language: English
Level: College/University
Literature: 6 units
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  • Research Papers 'Estuary English', 1.
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Table of contents
Nr. Chapter  Page.
  INTRODUCTION    3
  WHAT IS ESTUARY ENGLISH? THE TERM, ITS DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY    4
  FEATURES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ESTUARY ENGLISH    6
1.1.  Phonetic features    6
1.2.  Grammatical features    8
1.3.  Vocabulary and Americanisms    9
  CONCLUSIONS    10
  APPENDIX 1    11
  REFERENCES    12
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CONCLUSIONS
Understanding Estuary English could be a bit confusing and complicated since it is described to be ‘somewhere in between RP and Cockney English’ and all three share some similarities phonetically and lexically. The term alongside all the notable features of EE have been discussed by many scholars, but they primarily were trying to establish some sort of boundary between EE and RP and Cockney. But in authors opinion they failed to do that since the features found in EE also were found in RP and Cockney. However, the information found shows that the variety is spreading further and is being adopted by speakers of other varieties that could possibly in the future change the way people speak in general or even merge with RP or Cockney (since they share similar features).
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