Received Pronunciation

E9145

accent standard accent variety of English

Received Pronunciation is the traditionally prestigious accent of Standard British English, historically associated with educated speakers and national broadcasting in the United Kingdom.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Received Pronunciation canonical	23
Mainstream RP	3
Contemporary RP	2
Queen's English	2
Standard Southern British English	2
King's English	1
Oxford accent	1
Received Pronunciation English	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	accent ⓘ standard accent ⓘ variety of English ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	BBC English ⓘ Received Pronunciation ⓘ surface form: King's English Oxford English ⓘ Public School English ⓘ Received Pronunciation ⓘ surface form: Queen's English RP ⓘ Received Pronunciation ⓘ surface form: Standard Southern British English
associatedWith	British establishment ⓘ British public schools ⓘ Oxford and Cambridge college systems ⓘ surface form: Oxbridge universities educated speakers in the United Kingdom ⓘ upper-class speakers in the United Kingdom ⓘ
codifiedIn	Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary ⓘ Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary ⓘ Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ
contrastedWith	American English ⓘ surface form: General American regional British accents ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
decliningAs	default accent of British national broadcasting ⓘ
describedBy	Daniel Jones ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	phonetics ⓘ phonology ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ
firstDescribedAsTerm	early 20th century ⓘ
hasPrestigeStatus	traditionally prestigious accent of Standard British English ⓘ
hasVariant	Conservative RP ⓘ Received Pronunciation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Contemporary RP Received Pronunciation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mainstream RP
historicallyUsedIn	BBC broadcasting ⓘ national broadcasting in the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeakPeriod	20th century ⓘ
influence	pronunciation norms in dictionaries of British English ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notStronglyTiedTo	any specific locality ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	contrast between /æ/ and /ɑː/ ⓘ intrusive r ⓘ linking r ⓘ long mid vowels in words like 'face' and 'goat' ⓘ non-rhoticity ⓘ weak vowel reduction in unstressed syllables ⓘ yod coalescence in words like 'tune' and 'dune' ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	southern England ⓘ surface form: Southern England
socialStatus	class-based accent ⓘ
usedAs	reference accent in phonetic description of British English ⓘ teaching model for learners of British English ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

South African English → historicallyInfluencedBy → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Scottish English → differsFrom → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

British English → hasRegionalVariety → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Bangalore English → differsFrom → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Received Pronunciation English

Received Pronunciation → alsoKnownAs → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen's English

Received Pronunciation → alsoKnownAs → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: King's English

Received Pronunciation → alsoKnownAs → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Southern British English

Received Pronunciation → hasVariant → Received Pronunciation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mainstream RP

Received Pronunciation → hasVariant → Received Pronunciation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Contemporary RP

Chennai English → differsFrom → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Estuary English → relatedTo → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Geordie → contrastedWith → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

RP → fullName → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

RP → hasAlternativeName → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen's English

RP → hasAlternativeName → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Southern British English

RP → hasSubvariety → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mainstream RP

RP → hasSubvariety → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Contemporary RP

BBC English → alsoKnownAs → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Oxford English → hasAlternativeName → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oxford accent

Oxford English → influencedBy → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Public School English → influenced → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Public School English → isSimilarTo → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Conservative RP → contrastedWith → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mainstream RP

Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary → coversPronunciationStandard → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary → focusesOn → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary → associatedWith → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary → relatedTo → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Daniel Jones → areaOfInfluence → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Daniel Jones → specializedIn → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Brummie dialect → distinctFrom → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Black Country dialect → differsFrom → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor) → influencedBy → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

subject surface form: Multicultural London English

Multicultural London English (as an influence and predecessor) → contrastsWith → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

subject surface form: Multicultural London English

Peter Roach → workFocusesOn → Received Pronunciation ⓘ

John C. Wells → researchInterest → Received Pronunciation ⓘ