1. Cockney and Estuary English: debunking the RP myth
VARIETIES OF ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD
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2. What English do we speak?
English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.
But, what English do we speak?
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3. English – Dialects and accents
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4. Received Pronunciation - RP
“Received Pronunciation” or RP
model of pronunciation
Reasons: politics, commerce and the presence of the Court
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5. Received Pronunciation - RP
Received Pronunciation is the closest to a “standard accent” that has ever existed in the UK.  Although it originally derives from London English, it is non-regional.
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6. Received Pronunciation – RP – Its changes
Estuary english
Cockney
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7. Is Cockney just an accent?
Cockney differs from Received Pronunciation and other English varieties not only in pronunciation, but also in grammar and vocabulary. Therefore it is a dialect. It is usually connected with London’s working-class, originally associated with those who were “born within the sound of Bow Bells”
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8. Some Linguistic Features of Cockney
H-dropping E.g.: hammer [æmə] / house [æʊs].
Glottal stop (or glottalization)
E.g. butter [bʌʔə]), statement [stɑɪʔmənt].
Consonants [θ] and [ð] are replaced by [f] and [v]
Dark [ɫ] in positions not immediately before vowels becomes vocalic [ʊ].
Short vowel [æ] is much closer in Cockney;
Short vowel [ʌ] moves forward
Some diphthongs are modified E.g.: [eɪ] becomes [aɪ], so late is pronounced [laɪt] and not [leɪt]
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9. Some Linguistic Features of Cockney
Grammar Cockney very often disobeys simple rules of Standard English (e.g. double negative – use of ain’t)
Rhyming Slang: The slang is created by rhyming an English word with another word. E.g.:
‘Would you Adam and Eve it?’ (believe)
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10. Estuary English – Brief History
Term coined in mid-1980s by Rosewarne
It can be placed on a continuum between RP and Cockney.
A phenomenon moving throughout the United Kingdom.
Main features:
The London Vowel Shift:
T-Glottaling:  
L-vocalization
Some Americanisms absorbed by Estuary
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11. References Marta Gosende
Michalica Peter, The London Cockney Dialect. Tomas Bata University. Bachelor Thesis In
Trawick-Smith Ben In Dialect Blog
Wright, J. (1905). The English Dialect Grammar. Google Play Edition.
Hudson Joseph. Pronunciation Studio
Lawson Jane 's Audio Blog at DailyStep.com
Patrick Peter L, Notes for LG232 by . University of Essex
Wells John. What is Estuary English?, University College London (This article appeared in English Teaching Professional, 1997)
Ulrike Altendorf ESTUARY ENGLISH: IS ENGLISH GOING COCKNEY? Heinrich-Heine-Universität
Dialect levelling and received pronunciation (Paul Kerswill, 2000). 
Lenka Koudelková Cockney and Estuary English Bachelor’s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph. D. 2012
ESTUARY AS A WORLD LANGUAGE (from MET Vol. 5 No )
Estuary English: Hybrid or Hype? J A Maidment Department of Phonetics & Linguistics, University College London Paper presented at the 4th New Zealand Conference on Language & Society, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 1994.
Coggle Paul, 1993, in Do you speak Estuary? In 
Przedlacka Joanna, Estuary English And Rp: Some Recent Findings, in 
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