The Scouse dialect as a symbol of regional identity

Magyar-Žilinskaitė, Sigita (2018) The Scouse dialect as a symbol of regional identity. BA/Bsc, Szegedi Tudományegyetem.

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Abstract

The Scouse dialect is a fascinating linguistic variety which, with its immense historical background and evolution is a fitting topic of research. This thesis is mainly concerned with Scouse dialect, such as the development of the language or its typical characteristics, but Scouse culture is also discussed. The thesis is centred almost entirely around two hypotheses, one supposing that Scouse is a dialect and not an accent, while the other attempts to prove that Scouse is not only a linguistic variant, but also a symbol of a regional identity made up of individual characteristics of its speakers. In order to prove the validity or incorrectness of my hypotheses a literature review about accents and dialects was carried out after which a research in linguistics was conducted to be able to see what characteristics these linguistic variety have. Then, literature was used to analyse Scouse dialect and Scouse culture as well which was compared with the discussion about accents and dialects to see if Scouse bears the characteristics of an accent or rather a dialect. This was followed by the primary research, which was an online questionnaire specifically designed for Scouse people. The questions attempted to get some information of the linguistic features of Scouse dialect on one hand, and on the other, examined what Scouse culture is made of. Based on the answers of the questionnaire and the conclusions drawn from the literature review both of the hypotheses proved to be true, which means that Scouse is indeed a dialect and not an accent, and that there is a very tight-knit community of Scouse people who have their own culture consisting of unique and shared ideals and habits. The research has helped to understand Scouse both in the linguistic sense and in the cultural as well, resulting in a better understanding of the Scouse dialect and the culture of the Scouse people too.

Institution

Szegedi Tudományegyetem

Faculty

Faculty of Arts

Department

Angol Tanszék

Discipline

Humanities

Institute

Angol-Amerikai Intézet

Specialization

anglisztika

Supervisor(s)

Item Type:	Thesis (BA/Bsc)
Subjects:	06. Humanities
Depositing User:	szerkesztő BTK
Date Deposited:	2019. Apr. 26. 06:37
Last Modified:	2019. Apr. 26. 11:41
URI:	https://diploma.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/74395

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