Estuary English

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accent of English sociolect variety of English

Estuary English is a variety of English spoken in and around London and the southeast of England, characterized by features that blend aspects of Received Pronunciation and regional accents such as Cockney.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
London dialect 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf accent of English ⓘ
sociolect ⓘ
variety of English ⓘ
emerged late 20th century ⓘ
field dialectology ⓘ
phonetics ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
hasFeature L-vocalisation in syllable coda ⓘ
features perceived as modern or trendy by some speakers ⓘ
glottalization of /t/ ⓘ
h-dropping in some speakers ⓘ
influence from Cockney ⓘ
less extreme vowel shifts than Cockney ⓘ
less marked diphthongs than Cockney ⓘ
less stigmatized features than traditional Cockney ⓘ
levelled regional features across South East England ⓘ
mix of Received Pronunciation and regional accents ⓘ
non-rhoticity ⓘ
phonological levelling ⓘ
prosodic patterns between RP and Cockney ⓘ
t-glottalling before consonants ⓘ
t-glottalling in word-final position ⓘ
th-fronting in some speakers ⓘ
use of /ʔ/ glottal stop allophone ⓘ
use of contemporary London English features in younger speakers ⓘ
use of discourse markers like "innit" in some speakers ⓘ
use of intrusive R in some contexts ⓘ
use of tag questions similar to Cockney in some speakers ⓘ
variable realization of /h/ ⓘ
variable realization of /θ/ and /ð/ ⓘ
variable rhoticity in some fringe areas ⓘ
vocalisation of /l/ in coda position ⓘ
vowel qualities intermediate between RP and Cockney ⓘ
yod-coalescence ⓘ
language English ⓘ
perceivedAs less formal than Received Pronunciation ⓘ
middle-ground between RP and Cockney ⓘ
more standard than Cockney ⓘ
relatedTo Cockney ⓘ
Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor) ⓘ
surface form: Multicultural London English

Received Pronunciation ⓘ
spokenIn Home Counties ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

South East England ⓘ
Thames Estuary ⓘ
surface form: Thames Estuary region
studiedBy linguists ⓘ
usedBy many younger speakers in the London area ⓘ
speakers across social classes in South East England ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public School English → contrastsWith → Estuary English ⓘ
RP → contrastsWith → Estuary English ⓘ
BBC English → distinctFrom → Estuary English ⓘ
British English → hasRegionalVariety → Estuary English ⓘ
Cockney → influenced → Estuary English ⓘ
this entity surface form: London dialect