It consequently should not come as a surprise that GoT is a rich object of investigation for sociolinguists as accents are performed with specific purposes: to bring the audience to a different time ( i.e. Indeed, with the advent of dialect coaches, accents have become a paramount component in actors and actresses’ performances, which are widely discussed online and evaluated as credible and deserving of awards, or, on the contrary, as completely off target and ridiculous. We argue that the accents spoken by the characters are part and parcel of the creation of the GoT universe and greatly contribute to anchoring the show at the historical, geographical and sociolinguistic levels. When it comes to places and territories, much is at stake in Game of Thrones (henceforth, GoT ) as the opening credits, which map out the narrative world of this series, make very clear to the audience.
