從女王口音變化看英國社會階層的變遷

論文編號:YY687  論文字數:6232.頁數:19

Abstract: The Queen’s accent that Elizabeth II used is similar to the Oxford accent which is so-called the Upper-class English pronunciation. In the 1950s, the British had great class consciousness. Different accent represented different social status. But in the past 50 years, the Queen’s accent has gradually closing to the southern middle-class British pronunciation. This thesis lists and analyzes the change of Queen’s accent and the reasons in the past 50 years.. Meanwhile it concludes that the change is a reflection of the change of social stratum, particularly the change of middle class. The Queen changed her accent to adapt the change of social stratum, so that she can win her people’s support. She admits the equality and democracy by changing her accent.
 Key Words: change; social stratum; Queen’s accent

從女王口音變化看英國社會階層的變遷
摘  要：英國女王伊麗莎白二世原有的口音類似于牛津腔，是所謂英國上流社會的貴族英語發音。在20世紀50年代，英國人社會等級觀念較重，不同口音代表了不同階層的人。但近五十年來，女王口音日益接近于英國南部普通中層階級大眾。本文列舉并分析了近五十年來女王口音的變化及其原因，并發現這種變化是英國社會階級結構變化的一種折射，尤其是中產階級階層地位的變化。這也正是女王為適應社會階層變化以及迎合大眾人心所做出的改變。這個改變也是承認社會民主平等的一個表現。
關鍵詞：變化；社會階層；女王口音

CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1. Background and Changes in Queen’s Accent 2
 1.1 The Status of Queen’s Accent 2
 1.1.1 Relation Between Accent and Social Stratum 2
1.1.2 The Status of RP and Other Accents 3
1.1.3 The Status of Queen’s Accent 5
1.2 Changes in Queen’s Accent 5
1.2.1 Changes of English Accent Recently 5
1.2.2 Changes of Queen’s Accent 6
1.3 The Process of the Change 7
1.3.1 Change from Above 7
1.3.2 Change from Below 8
2. Changes of British Stratum 9
2.1 Changes of Social Stratum 9
2.1.1 Changes of Middle Class Stratum 9
2.1.2 Changes of Concept of Social Stratum 10
2.1.3 Changes of Education Forms and Global Popularization 11
2.2 Reason of Changes in Queen’s Accent 12
2.2.1 Conscious Reason 12
2.2.2 Subconscious Reason 12
3. Significance of Changes in Queen’s Accent 12
 3.1 Meanings to the Sociaty 12
 3.2 Meanings to Herself 13
4. Conclusion 13

Acknowledgements 15

Bibliography 16