RP危机和“港湾英语”的兴起

The English language crisis and “Estuary English”

本文回顾了七十年代以来人们对“英语危机”问题的讨论,对八十年代在泰晤士河流域发现并迅速在英国扩展的“港湾英语”作了音位、重音和语调等方面的描写。

After a brief survey of the recent discussions on 'the corruption of English', a popular topic in both professional literature and everyday conversations since 1970s, this paper discribes a 'new' voice emerging in and around London and the lower Thames which is the strongest influence on British tongues and believed to tomorrow's RP.