Language peculiarities of regional British English variants

Abstract

Language accents and dialects are factors which sometimes may lead to misunderstanding between people speaking one and the same language but living in different areas and districts. The purpose of this article is to outline the differences of the regional dialects from the standard and to underline characteristic features peculiar only for them. In this paper we have analyzed the speech of people who live in the UK on the examples of the speakers of British dialects and accents which were taken from the video film called “Language accent file”. We have traced the differences and made a conclusion that every single accent or dialect possesses a number of features which could only be heard in a definite area or among particular class representatives. This article reflects the factors influencing the way people speak, such as geographical area people were born in and raised, their education, age and class delineation which is still strong in Great Britain.