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- From: mfulsmb@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Martin Barry)
- Newsgroups: comp.speech
- Subject: Re: Different accents
- Message-ID: <6006@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 4 Nov 92 14:55:38 GMT
- References: <Bx6G4L.708@alsvid.une.edu.au>
- Organization: Manchester University, M13 9PL, UK.
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- In article <Bx6G4L.708@alsvid.une.edu.au> jack@alsvid.une.edu.au (Jack Claff) writes:
- >I guess this is more of a linguistics question. I want to get information on
- >how to speak in different accents. In America for example, there is a big
- >difference between people from say New York, Texas and Alabama. Can anyone
- >provide me with a reference that shows how words are pronounced using
- >different accents.
- >
- >I'd like to get Irish, Scottish and a variety of English accents as well.
-
- Accents of English, by J.C. Wells, Cambridge University Press, 1982.
- In three volumes, of which vol. 2 covers the British Isles in detail, and
- vol. 3 has a lengthy section (100 pp) on North America.
-
- It's entirely atheoretical and rather anecdotal, but perhaps the nearest
- thing to a comprehensive work of reference available. And highly readable,
- if you're interested in the subject matter.
-
- Martin Barry, Department of Linguistics, University of Manchester, UK.
-