스피킹인잉글리쉬~*

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Are Southern accents disappearing? Linguists say yes

 

Do you think that you sound the same as you always have?
*accent-wise 억양에 관하여, 억양 측면에서
There is a difference between mother and son accent-wise.
You recently published a study on the fading Southern accent.
*span 걸치다, 이어지다
So they span seven generations.
*the Southern drawl 모음 길게 빼 느릿느릿 말하는 경향
Why are people speaking with less of a Southern drawl?
*pan-regional 범지역적인, 전 지역을 아우르는
*major driver 주요 원인
A major driver of this phenomenon is demographic change in Georgia and throughout the South.
It was one of the top destinations for interstate migration.
*aspirational 동경하는, 열망하는, 출세지향적인
Language is aspirational.
*emulate [EH·myuh·layt] (흠모하는 대상을) 열심히 모방하다, 따라하다, 경쟁하다
They emulate their peer group.
*to take hold 확고히 자리를 잡다, 강력해지다
We think that's where language change from generation to generation really takes hold.
Does that mean that the Southern accent is doomed?
*stigmatize [STIG·muh·taaiz] 낙인 찍다, 지탄하다
It's not stigmatized like it used to be.


New research from the University of Georgia shows that the Southern accent is fading. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks linguistics professor Margaret Renwick about the trend.

 

 

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Are Southern accents disappearing? Linguists say yes

 

Are Southern accents disappearing? Linguists say yes

New research from the University of Georgia shows that the Southern accent is fading. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks linguistics professor Margaret Renwick about the trend.

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