Are you 'happee' or are you 'happeh?' Study links accents to social classes

Are you 'happee' or are you 'happeh?' Study links accents to social classes. Our accents give away more about social class than we think, according to new research led by Lancaster University.

A apuração publicada por phys.org vira base para uma leitura editorial direta e contextualizada.

Trechos de apoio da pauta: Our accents give away more about social class than we think, according to new research led by Lancaster University. The new sociolinguistic study focusing on Mancunian accents, published in the journal, Language Variation and Change, shows that the final vowel in words like happy, baby, chilly and city—known to linguists as "the happy vowel"—varies clearly by social class across Manchester.

• Ponto de atenção: happee.
• Ponto de atenção: happeh.
• Ponto de atenção: study.

Em resumo, a leitura editorial acompanha o impacto do tema no nicho Agro. Quando fizer sentido, a referência complementar pode ser acessada em produtos do campo.