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  • Accent enregisterment through humour in The Catherine Tate Show

  • LUCA VALLERIANI
  • Journal:
    English Language & Linguistics / Volume 28 / Issue 4 / December 2024
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    23 January 2025, pp. 730-750
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  • The Catherine Tate Show (2004–7) is a rich source of instances of stereotyped language varieties as linked to various TV tropes, reflecting how speakers coming from specific regional areas in the British Isles are generally and stereotypically perceived within British society, thus contributing to their linguistic enregisterment. Building on previous works on dialects in the media and their stereotypical representations, this study gives an account of the various implications and functions of the linguistic phenomena that are specific to the Southeast of England and that are exploited for the creation of some of the fictional identities presented in the show. Specific phonological features that implicitly collocate Tate’s recurring characters both regionally and socially are identified and their functions discussed.