WorksheetsTraditional variations of English pronunciation
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The standard of the language is
an institutionalized norm which can be used in the mass media, in teaching the language to foreigners, and so on
the standard pronunciation adopted by the majority of the native speakers as the right and proper way of speaking
the standard pronunciation adopted by the majority of the native speakers as the right and proper way of speaking is...
accent
the standart of the language
the orthoepic norm
dialect
a regionally or socially distinctive variety of language, identified by a particular set of words and grammatical structures is...
(a)
a regional (geographical) or social variety of pronunciation
(a)
national standard is...
associated with radio and TV newsreaders, certain professional groups (school and university teachers) and public figures (the Queen).
spoken by most educated people and they show regional deviation from the standard
a regionally or socially distinctive variety of language, identified by a particular set of words and grammatical structures
Spoken by most educated people and they show regional deviation from the standard
national standard
regional standard
accent
dialect
The following phonetic features are the characteristic of...
•non-rhotic: written r is pronounced only if it is followed by a vowel: one or another;
•great attention is paid to articulating consonants clearly except for the r consonant;
•there is a great number of distinct vowel sounds, e.g. caught [ɔ:], cot [ɔ], cart [a:]
Recieved Pronunciation
Northern English
Scottish English
Welsh English
Northern English is characterised by...
•[υ] for [ʌ] in words like cup, love;
•[e] or [e:] for [ei] in words like may, take;
[ɔ:] for [ou] in words like go, home.
•[hw] is pronounced in question words which, when;
•[a] instead of [æ]: bad, man;
•[æ] instead of [ɑ:]: glass;
The following phonetic features can characterize...
•[ɒ/ɑ:/ɔ:] merge into /ɑ/ in dog, stop, long, orange,
•[æ]-distribution in ask, dance,
•[oʊ]-quality in go, home;
•less contrast in length between tense and lax vowels: moral and oral /’(m)ɔrəl/;
•retroflexion quality of vowels before r: hurry /ʌ/ and furry /ɜ:/ => [ə].
•nasalization before nasals: man, pen
General American vowel system
General British vowel system
rhythm is more smooth, not clipped, and intonation is more monotonous
British
American
