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1、AnAnalysisoftheChangesofSocialStratuminEnglandthroughtheChangesoftheQueen’sAccentAbstract:TheQueen’saccentthatElizabethIIusedissimilartotheOxfordaccentwhichisso-calledtheUpper-classEnglishpronunciation.Inthe1950s,theBritishhadgreatclassconsciousness.Differentaccent

2、representeddifferentsocialstatus.Butinthepast50years,theQueen’saccenthasgraduallyclosingtothesouthernmiddle-classBritishpronunciation.ThisthesislistsandanalyzesthechangeofQueen’saccentandthereasonsinthepast50years..Meanwhileitconcludesthatthechangeisareflectionofth

3、echangeofsocialstratum,particularlythechangeofmiddleclass.TheQueenchangedheraccenttoadaptthechangeofsocialstratum,sothatshecanwinherpeople’ssupport.Sheadmitstheequalityanddemocracybychangingheraccent.KeyWords:change;socialstratum;Queen’saccent从女王口音变化看英国社会阶层的变迁摘要：英国

4、女王伊丽莎白二世原有的口音类似于牛津腔，是所谓英国上流社会的贵族英语发音。在20世纪50年代，英国人社会等级观念较重，不同口音代表了不同阶层的人。但近五十年来，女王口音日益接近于英国南部普通中层阶级大众。本文列举并分析了近五十年来女王口音的变化及其原因，并发现这种变化是英国社会阶级结构变化的一种折射，尤其是中产阶级阶层地位的变化。这也正是女王为适应社会阶层变化以及迎合大众人心所做出的改变。这个改变也是承认社会民主平等的一个表现。关键词：变化；社会阶层；女王口音CONTENTSIntroduction11.Background

5、andChangesinQueen’sAccent21.1TheStatusofQueen’sAccent21.1.1RelationBetweenAccentandSocialStratum21.1.2TheStatusofRPandOtherAccents31.1.3TheStatusofQueen’sAccent51.2ChangesinQueen’sAccent51.2.1ChangesofEnglishAccentRecently51.2.2ChangesofQueen’sAccent61.3TheProcesso

6、ftheChange71.3.1ChangefromAbove71.3.2ChangefromBelow82.ChangesofBritishStratum92.1ChangesofSocialStratum92.1.1ChangesofMiddleClassStratum92.1.2ChangesofConceptofSocialStratum102.1.3ChangesofEducationFormsandGlobalPopularization112.2ReasonofChangesinQueen’sAccent122

7、.2.1ConsciousReason122.2.2SubconsciousReason123.SignificanceofChangesinQueen’sAccent123.1MeaningstotheSociaty123.2MeaningstoHerself134.Conclusion13Acknowledgements………………...……………………………..….....15Bibliography………………...………………………………...……...…16Introduction50yearsago,theBr

8、itishhadastrictdivisionofsocialclass.Intelligence,skill,andexperiencecountfornaught.ThebestwaytorunamajorfirminBritishindustryistobebornoftherigh