A Linguist Explains How Accents Change Our Perceptions Of Characters In Wuthering Heights

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There has been quite the to-do about the latest adaptation of Wuthering Heights by director Emerald Fennel but one thing I am not seeing as much discussion on is the accents delivered by Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. 

Jacob has a somewhat questionable (though I liked it...) Yorkshire accent and Margot has a lovely-if-misplaced Received Pronunciation (RP) accent which is traditionally associated with English upper classes. Think ‘BBC accent’.

Now, research from language learning...