Introduction

Compare how language differs between two reality TV Programmes set in different areas of the United Kingdom.

 

For my language investigation I will be exploring how the language from reality TV Programmes made in the UK differentiate depending on which area of the country they are based in. Predominantly, I will be focusing on semantics, lexis, phonology and pragmatics in order to establish similarities and differences in the way that they speak and converse with other people. I will conduct my experiment using the TV Programmes ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ and ‘Made In Chelsea’ as they are both the same kind of programme but set in different places and therefore will have both similarities and differences in their transcripts. It will be interesting for me to investigate the variation of the Standard English language in these two areas and to be able to compare them.

 

I would expect the language used by the people in ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ to be quite colloquial whereas in Chelsea I would expect it to be much more sophisticated, however this is based on stereotypes so it will be interesting to research this further to see if there is much truth behind it.