Rare
Received Pronunciation
Standard accent for British English
Received Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation (RP) is an accent of British English regarded as the standard accent of England, carrying high social prestige since the late 19th and especially early 20th century. It is recognised and influential throughout the whole English-speaking world. The study of RP is concerned only with matters of pronunciation, while other features of standard British English, such as vocabulary, grammar, and style, are not considered. Linguists have long disagreed on RP's name, exact definition, geographic neutrality, number of speakers, classification in terms of sub-varieties, appropriateness as a standard, and historical origins. Furthermore, RP has changed to such a degree over the last century that many of its early 20th-century traditions of transcription and analysis have become outdated or are no longer considered evidence-based by scholars. Still, the older traditions of RP analysis continue to be commonly taught and used, for instance in language education and comparative linguistics...
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