Regional accents signal perceived social class and cultural displacement to listeners.

Evidence

I accept that to an RP speaker my broad slow vowels are evidence of stupidity. What bothers me is that nowadays, to a northern ear, I sound southern: that is to say, insufferably posh and affected. I don’t belong anywhere. And this gives me a problem: which bits of English history are my history? — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 48

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 48
• XREF: connects to: Accent, descent and region are decoded to exclude outsiders — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 984; In Egyptian drama accents mapped each class’s social position — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 359; Ideological signs carry opposing class accents and become sites of struggle (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Accent, descent and region are decoded to exclude outsiders #corroborates (0.85) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 984
• Language is socially constructed and speaks through individuals #expands (0.65)
• Cultural traits like language, clothing, and religious practice can racialize a group. #expands (0.55)