English Language A-Level
Dialect Levelling
What Dialect Levelling means in English Language A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Dialect Levelling
The process by which language forms of different parts of the country converge and become more similar over time, with the loss of regional features.
Topics that use Dialect Levelling
- Component 3 – Topic area: Regional Language Variation (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Descriptivism
- Prescriptivism
- Sociolect
- Standardisation
- Code-switching
- Isogloss
- Received Pronunciation (RP)
Using Dialect Levelling in the exam
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