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1、EnglishlanguageinEngland1EnglishlanguageinEnglandTheEnglishlanguageinEnglandreferstotheEnglishlanguageasspokeninEngland.TheseformsofEnglishareasubsectionofBritishEnglish,asspokenthroughoutGreatBritain.OthertermsusedtorefertotheEnglishlanguageasspokeninEnglandinclude:
2、EnglishEnglish,[1][2]Anglo-English,[3][4]EnglishinEngland.[5]TherelatedtermBritishEnglishhas"alltheambiguitiesandtensionsintheword"British"andasaresultcanbeusedandinterpretedintwoways,morebroadlyormorenarrowly,withinarangeofblurringandambiguity"[6]butisusuallyreserve
3、dtodescribethefeaturescommontoEnglishEnglish,WelshEnglish,ScottishEnglish,andHiberno-English.GeneralfeaturesTherearemanydifferentaccentsanddialectsthroughoutEnglandandpeopleareoftenveryproudoftheirlocalaccentordialect.However,accentsanddialectsalsohighlightsocialclas
4、sdifferences,rivalries,orotherassociatedprejudices—asillustratedbyGeorgeBernardShaw'scomment:ItisimpossibleforanEnglishmantoopenhismouthwithoutmakingsomeotherEnglishmanhateordespisehim.[7]FortheEnglishlanguageinEngland("EnglishEnglish"),threemajordialectgroupingsarer
5、ecognized:SouthernEnglishdialects,MidlandsEnglishdialects,andNorthernEnglishdialects.Themostprominentisoglossisthefoot–strutsplit,whichrunsroughlyfrommid-Shropshire(ontheWelshborder)tosouthofBirminghamandthentoTheWash.Southoftheisogloss,intheMidlandsandSoutherndialec
6、ts,theMiddleEnglishphoneme/ʊ/splitinto/ʌ/(asincut,strut)and/ʊ/(put,foot);thischangedidnotoccurnorthoftheisogloss.TheaccentbestknowntomanypeopleoutsidetheUnitedKingdomasEnglishEnglish,isthatofReceivedPronunciation(RP).Untilrecently,RPEnglishwaswidelyconsideredtobemore
7、educatedthanotheraccentsandwasreferredtoastheQueen's(orKing's)English,oreven"BBCEnglish"(becauseformanyyearsofbroadcastingitwasraretohearanyotherdialectontheBBC),eventhoughthiswasnottheaccentheldbythemajorityofEnglishpeople.Sincethe1970sregionalaccentshavebecomeincre
8、asinglyacceptedinmainstreammedia,andarefrequentlyheard.RPisalsosometimescalled"OxfordEnglish",andtheOxfordDictionarygivesRPpronunci
