A Sociolinguistic Perspective on Accent and Social Mobility in the UK Teaching Profession

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2392022
AutoresMichael Donnelly (0000-0003-3357-8178, University of Bath, autor de correspondencia), A Baratta (0000-0002-5670-6120, University of Manchester), Sol Gamsu (0000-0001-8642-096X, University of Bath)
Año2019
Volumen24
Número4
Páginas496-513
Fecha de publicación2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1360780418816335
OpenAlexW2914556447
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas35

A new interdisciplinary approach to understanding the role of accent in relation to intergenerational social mobility is introduced here. Sociological analyses that attend to accent often focus on broader regional distinctions or construct limiting dichotomies of accents, rather than capturing the full variety and range of accents, often found at smaller geographic levels. Drawing on the case of the teaching profession and using qualitative data collected as part of a study of teachers, we illustrate how integrating sociolinguistics into a sociological analysis of social mobility would allow us to combine the micro-geography of class, mobility, and speech to a more granular level. The analytical tools provided by sociolinguistics, outlined here, could push forward work on understanding prospects for, and experiences of, social mobility

Dichotomy · Epistemology · Linguistics · Social class · Social mobility · Social science · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy