RP R.I.P.  

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Macaulay, Ronald

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 9 no. 2 (Jun. 1988), page 115-124.
Fulltext: Vol 9, 2, p 115-124.pdf (639.73KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/APL/9 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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The term 'Received Pronunciation' (RP) has been in use for over sixty years with reference to an accent of English. It is frequently recommended as the most suitable form of British English for broadcasting and as the model for both first and second language instruction. The argument for its use as a model is usually based on two claims: (1) that it has been more carefully described than any other British accent and (2) that it is widely understood. The first claim may be true but raises the question why linguists and phoneticians should have been so preoccupied with a form of speech that everyone agrees is spoken only by a tiny minority of the population. The second claim has never been adequately tested but has apparently been assumed to be true because the BBC broadcasts RP all over the world. Since RP is not necessarily the easiest or most appropriate accent of British English for foreigners to learn, the choice of RP as a model is difficult to justify. It would be better for everyone if linguists, phoneticians, and teachers overcame their fascination with the accent of an elite minority and concerned themselves more with the speech of the majority of the population.

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