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Author : Charles Boberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107150447
A phonetic analysis of accents in North American film and television: how they vary and how they have changed.
Author : Ann Cook
Publisher : Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0764173693
Directed to speakers of English as a second language, a multi-media guide to pronouncing American English uses a "pure-sound" approach to speaking to help imitate the fluid ways of American speech.
Author : Beverly A. Lujan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0963413902
Intended to help develop communication skills for professional advancement and social situations. It is recommended that students use the book in the initial stages of learning. Then practice again and again relying primarily on the sound discs.
Author : Dorothy M. Taguchi
Publisher : Penton Overseas, Inc
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1591258340
Five audio CDs and one guide book. Focussing on the core English pronunciation problems, 'Accent America! Essentials' addresses the needs of non-native speakers who desire to express themselves more clearly and confidently. The practice exercises on the audio CDs along with explanations and illustrations in the guide book will help develop the fundamental features of an American accent. The book is for those who can speak and understand English but wish to reduce their native accent to build self-confidence and thus better their careers.
Author : REBECCA. GAUSNELL
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1848429789
This step-by-step guide to learning and practising an American accent is for anyone who wants to use a General American accent with confidence in auditions and performance. Inside, you'll find an easy-to-follow breakdown of the fundamentals required for the accent - including the shape and position of the mouth; vowels and consonants; rhythm; stressing; pitch; pace and more - as well as structured drills and exercises to build on and consolidate what you've learned, using extracts from contemporary American plays. The book is supplemented by dozens of online audio clips of General American voices, recorded by native speakers, so you can listen to the target sounds and repeat for practice. Also included are tips on fully integrating the accent into your performance, as well as a series of vocal warm-ups. Rebecca Gausnell is a voice and dialect coach, who has worked internationally in theatre, film and television. Born and raised in the United States, she studied acting in Chicago, before completing an MFA in Voice Studies in London. The Compact Guides are pocket-sized introductions for actors and theatremakers, each tackling a key topic in a clear and comprehensive way. Written by industry professionals with extensive hands-on experience of their subject, they provide you with maximum information in minimum time.
Author : Lisa Mojsin
Publisher : Barrons Educational Services
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781438008103
Mastering the American Accent is an easy-to-follow approach for reducing the accent of non-native speakers of English. Well-sequenced lessons in the book correspond over eight hours of audio files covering the entire text. The audio program provides clear models (both male and female) to help coach a standard American accent. The program is designed to help users speak Standard American English with clarity, confidence, and accuracy. The many exercises in the book concentrate on topics such as vowel sounds, problematic consonants such as V, W, TH, the American R and T and others. Correct lip and tongue positions for all sounds are discussed in detail. Beyond the production of sounds, the program provides detailed instruction in prosodic elements such as syllable stress, emphasis, intonation, linking words for smoother speech flow, common word contractions, and much more. Additional topics that often confuse ESL students are also discussed and explained. They include distinguishing between casual and formal speech, homophones (e.g., they're and there), recognizing words with silent letters (e.g., comb, receipt), and avoiding embarrassing pronunciation mistakes, such as mixing up "pull" and "pool." Students are familiarized with many irregular English spelling rules and exceptions, and are shown how such irregularities can contribute to pronunciation errors. A native language guide references problematic accent issues for 13 different language backgrounds. Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.
Author : Dr. Dominique Nguyen
Publisher : DOMCONSULTING PRESS
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
A Communication Guidebook for Business and Technical Managers who Speak English as a Second Language (ESL) and Aspire to Communicate Successfully with Their U.S. Peers and Customers
Author : Amanda Quaid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000037005
American Accent Drills for British and Australian Speakers provides a comprehensive guide to learning a "General American" accent, made specifically for native English speakers. Unlike most American accent guides, which are geared toward ESL learners, this handbook covers only the shifts that English speakers need to make – nothing more, nothing less. In addition to vowel and consonant drills, it covers the finer points of American intonation and elision, features that often elude English speakers of other dialects. Finally, it provides exercises for "owning" the dialect, finding authenticity and making it work for each individual actor in their own way. This is an excellent resource for students of speech and dialects, actors from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, and advanced ESL learners who need to use an American accent on screen or on stage. American Accent Drills for British and Australian Speakers also includes access to downloadable audio files of the practice drills featured in the book, to help students practice and perfect their American accent.
Author : William Labov
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813933276
The sociolinguist William Labov has worked for decades on change in progress in American dialects and on African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In Dialect Diversity in America, Labov examines the diversity among American dialects and presents the counterintuitive finding that geographically localized dialects of North American English are increasingly diverging from one another over time. Contrary to the general expectation that mass culture would diminish regional differences, the dialects of Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Birmingham, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and New York are now more different from each other than they were a hundred years ago. Equally significant is Labov's finding that AAVE does not map with the geography and timing of changes in other dialects. The home dialect of most African American speakers has developed a grammar that is more and more different from that of the white mainstream dialects in the major cities studied and yet highly homogeneous throughout the United States. Labov describes the political forces that drive these ongoing changes, as well as the political consequences in public debate. The author also considers the recent geographical reversal of political parties in the Blue States and the Red States and the parallels between dialect differences and the results of recent presidential elections. Finally, in attempting to account for the history and geography of linguistic change among whites, Labov highlights fascinating correlations between patterns of linguistic divergence and the politics of race and slavery, going back to the antebellum United States. Complemented by an online collection of audio files that illustrate key dialectical nuances, Dialect Diversity in America offers an unparalleled sociolinguistic study from a preeminent scholar in the field.
Author : Robert Macneil,William Cran
Publisher : Nan A. Talese
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780307423573
Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations? These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran—the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English—across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English—if a standard exists—is changing quickly and dramatically. On a journey that takes them from the Northeast, through Appalachia and the Deep South, and west to California, the authors observe everyday verbal interactions and in a host of interviews with native speakers glean the linguistic quirks and traditions characteristic of each area. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat to American English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. And, challenging the purists who think grammatical standards are in serious deterioration and that media saturation of our culture is homogenizing our speech, they surprise us with unpredictable responses. With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling book that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language. Each wave of immigration has brought new words to enrich the American language. Do you recognize the origin of 1. blunderbuss, sleigh, stoop, coleslaw, boss, waffle? Or 2. dumb, ouch, shyster, check, kaput, scram, bummer? Or 3. phooey, pastrami, glitch, kibbitz, schnozzle? Or 4. broccoli, espresso, pizza, pasta, macaroni, radio? Or 5. smithereens, lollapalooza, speakeasy, hooligan? Or 6. vamoose, chaps, stampede, mustang, ranch, corral? 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Yiddish 4. Italian 5. Irish 6. Spanish
Author : Katharine W. Jones
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1566399017
Accent on Privilege looks at the complexities of immigration, asking how native and immigrant construct race, gender, class and national identity. Katharine Jones investigates how white English immigrants live in the United States and how they use their status as privileged foreigners to gain the upper hand with Americans. Their privilege, she finds, is created by both American Anglophilia and the ways they perform their identities as "proper" English women and men in their host country. Jones looks at the cultural aspects of this performance: how English people play up their accents, "stiff upper lip," sense of humor and fashion - even the way they drink beer. The political and cultural ties between England and the US act as a backdrop for the identity negotiations of these English people, many of whom do not even consider themselves to be immigrants. This unique exploration of the workings of white privilege offers an important new understanding of the paradoxes of how class, gender, and race are formed in the US and, by implication, in the UK. Author note: Katharine W. Jones is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Philadelphia University.
Author : John M. Levis,Alene Moyer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614511762
This volume offers a definitive source for understanding social influences in L2 pronunciation, demonstrating the importance of empirical findings from a number of research perspectives, and outlining the directions that future work can take. The aim is to present a coherent argument for the significance of social factors and how they contribute to phonological acquisition.
Author : Ann Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : English language
ISBN : 0764186973
Directed to speakers of English as a second language, a multi-media guide to pronouncing American English covers grammar, vocabulary, pronunication, reading, writing, and listening comprehension.
Author : Mythri S. Menon
Publisher : Plural Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781597568364
Author : Binu Edathumparambil
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490879192
Life is beautiful and yet immensely hard. As individuals and communities, we admire our own accomplishments and surge on with indomitable spirits. But we also experience enormous difficulties in our personal and communal living. We long for happy and fulfilling lives, but more often than not, we fall far short of that ideal. Taken as a whole, our personal development and interpersonal relationships are often far from satisfactory. This study and guide considers how we function as human beings and suggests ways to overcome our difficulties and live fuller and happier lives. Blending psychology and spirituality, with a particular focus on Jesus and his message, author Binu Edathumparambil explores the different contours and corners of our lives and presents some hard truths. Looking at our lifestyles from a new perspective, we can overcome our individual differences—the “accents” that shape us—and develop healthier and more vibrant lives. Offering a road map to the fulfillment of ideals and dreams, The Accent presents reflections and guidance on some of the most important dynamics in our journey of life.
