2. THE MEANING OF ACCENT AND
DIALECT.
• An accent means – how to pronunciate the word. An
accent can be placed on where its speakers are
located (a geographical or regional emphasis), .
• Dialect means that some words uses only in some
places, so it is not generally using
3. • There are many different accents in every language. The
English language is nothing special.
• If you hear recordings made 100 years ago by people in your
language culture, you can hear that accentuations have
changed even during that period
• In fact, the world over has 160 different English dialects. In
predominantly English-speaking countries, such as the USA
and England, there is a wide variety of accents and an
extensive range of foreign English accents.
4. BBC
The normative
pronunciation (Received
Pronunciation or RP) is
considered the standard
accent of literary English
(Standard English).
Received Pronunciation –
the southern accent of
England. It is often used
by BBC announcers
5. ELITE ACCENT
The posh English accent -
translated as "elite",
"pretentious". This is the
language of the prestigious of
society. It is distinguished by
clarity and purity, all
consonants are pronounced
slowly and longer, as if you
have a plum in your mouth. it
is necessary to conduct a
conversation with a note of
arrogance, because you are
better and more important
than others. Like: Мааус,
Хааус. Эдюкейшн, Нэйшн.
7. THE SCOTTISH
ENGLISH
ACCENT.
For example: “I’m going to
take the baby to the river
for a picnic” («Я отведу
ребенка к реке на пикник»)
in the west, it will sound
like “Um gunny tak the
wee’un ta the ruvur fe a
pucnic”. The Scottish
dialect is well known for
the fact that the sound /r/
in it is solid and longer
than in standard English.
8. T H E L I VE RP UDLIAN
E N G L IS H ACCENT
O R S COUSE .
The Liverpudlian English
accent or Scouse.
Liverpool is characterized
by speed and ascending-
descending tonality. The
influence of Irish was
expressed in the fact that
the name of the letter H
is pronounced as /heɪtʃ/,
and the words at the end
of which -ch, are
pronounced firmly.
9. T H E CO C KNE Y
E N G L IS H ACCENT.
This is the accent of the
working class of the
English society of East
London, which is
considered unattractive.
One of the most notable
features of this accent is
the rounding of the
diphthong /ai/, it is more
similar to /oi/, i.e. I is
pronounced as /oi/, find –
/foind/, etc.
10. T H E I R I S H E N G L I S H
ACCENT
The diphthong /ai/ is
pronounced as ɔi/, for
example like – /lɔik/, Irish
– /ɔirɪʃ/. Irish English is
musical and melodious.
The peculiarity of the Irish
is widely known not to
say "yes" (yes) or "no"
(no). In response, they
simply repeat the verb of
the question: Do you
drive? – I do. Can you
sing? – I can’t.
11. (THE NY
ENGLISH
ACCENT).
Its main difference from American
English is non-standard
pronunciation: longer pronunciation
of vowel sounds, as, for example, in
the word talk - / tawk/, omission of
consonants at the end of a word, for
example, want - /wan/, "swallowing"
the sound /r/ in words like morning -
/mawning/ and, surprisingly, on the
contrary, adding the sound /r/ in
words, for example: soda - /soder/,
idea - /idear/. Also, New Yorkers
replace the sounds th /β, θ/ with /d/
and /t/, for example, in the word
those – /dəuz/, three - /tri:/. This
accent is also known for its
heaviness, nasality and speed.
12. T H E A M E RI CAN
E N G L IS H ACCENT.
The most characteristic and
most distinctive feature of
American English is, of course,
the /r/ sound. It is pronounced
much more clearly than in the
British version, and is
pronounced in all positions.
That is, first – /fərst/, hard –
/ha:rd/, snore - /snr/. Also in
words like both, hot, gone, rob,
want, the sound /o/ is
pronounced as /a:/. And finally,
the sound /ju:/, which is
pronounced as /u:/ after the
letters d, n, s, t (duplicate,
student, tune).
13. T H E S O U T H E R N U S
A CC E N T.
One of the most famous of
them is the expression y'all
(short for you all – "all of
you"). The Hello greeting
means "hello". A real
Southerner will never greet
friends with the phrases
Hello, you all or Hi, you
guys!. ("Hello everyone!").
He will say simply: Hey, y'all
("Hello everyone!"). In the
south of the USA, you will
definitely hear Howdy? =
How do you do? (razg.
"Hello!") or Wassup? =
15. T H E A U S T R A L I A N
E N G L I S H A CC E N T.
Australian is rich in a variety of
local words and expressions,
for example, abbreviations like
bikkie for biscuit ("cookie"),
truckie for truckdriver ("truck
driver"). What can I say when
Australians have shortened
the name of their own country
to Oz instead of Australia
("Australia"), and they call
themselves Aussies instead of
Australians ("Australians").
