Mockney ( to mock “make fun”, “mock” + cockney “ cockney ”) is an artificial accent and style of speech aimed at imitating the English dialect of cockney , inherent to representatives of the London working class . Moknie is also called a person speaking with a given accent. Typical wet - a representative of the upper middle class . [one]
People who speak wet usually follow the rules of standard English grammar, whereas the Cockney speakers often neglect them and use unaccepted forms, for example, double negation.
Content
Features
According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the word "soak" was first used in print in 1967. [2]
Mockney - artificial accent. Basically, the emphasis is used by actors when playing in a theater or cinema, by entertainment enthusiasts, or by criminals in order to appear “cooler” or demonstrate their street authority. Ordinary people use moisten to make a false impression on the interlocutor: to convince them that they were born in a poor family and have achieved everything themselves, with the help of their innate talents or abilities, and not connections, education or other means characteristic of the privileged stratum of society. Mick Jagger is often considered the first modern celebrity to exaggerate his own local accent to become more popular. [3]
One of the sociolinguistic reasons for people to learn new dialects is their prestige . It is more common for people to adopt speech features (including accent , vocabulary, dialect, or even language) that they consider “prestigious”.
The adaptation in communication (up or down on the idiolect ) is manifested in many cases of social interaction of people. Speaking familiarly to both in tone or with familiar intonation, people usually dispose each other to spontaneous conversation. Speaking more politely and formally, one of the interlocutors seems to elevate himself over the other, and this approach can be used to accuse anyone. For example, in the speech of the prosecutor in court , a more formal style of speech and a special legal lexicon are used. Mokni is designed to, on the contrary, reduce the social and economic status of the speaker to others.
Famous carriers
Mockney own many celebrities. These include:
- Mike Skinner [4]
- Damon Albarn ( Blur , Gorillaz ) [5]
- Tim Lovejoy [6]
- Lily Allen [7]
- Nigel Kennedy [8]
- Kate Nash [9]
- Guy Ritchie [10]
- Jamie Oliver [11]
- Johnny Vaughn [12]
- George Osborne
See also
- Received Pronunciation
- Sociolinguistics
- Mammerset
- Functional style of speech
- Prestige (linguistics)
Notes
- ↑ British accents: Cockney and mockney | PAWEŁ ROGALIŃSKI - BLOG DZIENNIKARSKI Unc . Rogalinski.com.pl. The appeal date is November 28, 2013.
- ↑ mockney, n. and adj. : Oxford English Dictionary
- Mond Redmond, Camilla Radio Catchup: Jagger's Jukebox, Charlie Brooker | Television & radio . theguardian.com (June 4, 2010). The appeal date is November 28, 2013.
- ↑ The Streets - Original Pirate Material | Album Reviews . musicOMH (March 25, 2002). The appeal date is November 28, 2013.
- ↑ CBC.ca - Arts - Music - Wot's He Sayin '?
- ↑ Tim Lovejoy and The Allstars - TV Shows: UK - Digital Spy Forums . Forums.digitalspy.co.uk. The appeal date is November 28, 2013.
- ↑ Caroline Sullivan. Lily Allen, Notting Hill Arts Club, London | Music | The Guardian . Arts.guardian.co.uk. The appeal date is November 28, 2013.
- ↑ ア ー カ イ ブ さ れ た コ ピ ー . The appeal date is March 23, 2014. Archived March 3, 2009.
- ↑ Let's hear it for the British pop babes . Telegraph (November 17, 2008). The appeal date is November 28, 2013.
- ↑ Liz Thomas. Guy Ritchie, the mockney with a king in the family | Mail Online . Dailymail.co.uk (October 21, 2009). The appeal date is November 28, 2013.
- ↑ The virtual linguist: Mockney Neopr . Virtuallinguist.typepad.com (March 20, 2009). The appeal date is November 28, 2013.
- ↑ Yvonne Swann. Me and my school photo: Johnny Vaughan remembers his castles at Rowan Atkinson | Mail Online . Dailymail.co.uk (January 1, 2010). The appeal date is November 28, 2013.
Links
- Mockney's glottal-stopping strains , from The Daily Telegraph
- Mockney at wn.com