tailieunhanh - Gimson's pronunciation of english part 8

Gimson's pronunciation of english part 8. Bài tập luyện ngữ pháp tiếng anh cho mọi người, đây là tài liệu hay và hữu ích có thể giúp các bạn có thể nắm vững được các ngữ pháp tiếng anh cụ thể. | 76 The Soundt vf Engliib conventions of grammar as well as most of our vocabulary have for a long t been accepted by the majority of educated English speakers. Indeed the sta ardization of the written form of English began in the ninth and tenth centa But much diversity has always existed in the spoken language in terms of sounds used by different sections of the community and in different pa the country. On the one hand since the sounds of the language are ah changing there have always Iseen disparities between the speech sounds of younger and older generations as noted In the previous section the speed the young is commonly characterized by older people as slovenly and deb On the other hand particularly in times when communications between red were poor the speech of all communities did not develop either in the direction or at the same rate moreover different parts of the country were ol exposed to different external influences . foreign invasion which Influen the sounds of the language in particular geographical areas. English has th fore always had its regional pronunciations. Yet at the same time especially the last four centuries there has existed in this country the notion that one k of pronunciation of English was preferable socially to others. In the sixtet century one regional accent began to acquire social For reasons of j itics commerce and the presence of the Court it was the pronunciatlori of south-east of England and more particularly to that of the London region i this prestige was first attached. The early phonetician John Hart notes 1570 t it is in the Court and London speaches where the general flower of all Eng country speaches are chosen and read. And though some would say it were so reason would we should graunt no lesse for that unto these two places dayly resort from all towns and countries of the best of all professions as wd the own landsmen as of aliens and straungers . I uttenham s celebn advice in the Arte of English .