Broad Norfolk
E745438
Broad Norfolk is a traditional English regional dialect spoken in the county of Norfolk, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broad Norfolk canonical | 2 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English dialect
ⓘ
Norfolk dialect ⓘ regional dialect ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
rural speech
ⓘ
working-class speech ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
marker of Norfolk identity
ⓘ
symbol of local heritage ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Norfolk English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norfolk dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distinctive grammar
ⓘ
distinctive pronunciation ⓘ distinctive vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
distinctive use of pronouns
ⓘ
non-standard verb agreement patterns ⓘ regional negation patterns ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature | use of regional vocabulary items not common in Standard English ⓘ |
| hasPerception | sometimes stereotyped in British media ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinct realization of diphthongs
ⓘ
non-rhoticity ⓘ vowel length distinctions differing from Received Pronunciation ⓘ yod-dropping ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
non-standard variety of English
ⓘ
primarily spoken rather than written ⓘ |
| hasVariation |
rural Norfolk English
ⓘ
urban Norfolk English ⓘ |
| influencedBy | historical East Anglian speech patterns ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | English language ⓘ |
| region | East of England ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Suffolk dialect
ⓘ
other East Anglian English varieties ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Norfolk-born speakers living elsewhere
ⓘ
residents of Norfolk ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
East Anglia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | dialectological studies of English regional speech ⓘ |
| timePeriod | attested from at least the 19th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local humour and comedy
ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions in Norfolk ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.