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Accent & dialect

Accent & dialect. Dialect Each dialect of English is spoken in a particular area or by a particular group of people . Dialects are differences in words and grammar that reveal which country or part of the country a person comes from .

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Accent & dialect

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  1. Accent& dialect

  2. Dialect • Eachdialect of English is spoken in a particularareaorby a particulargroup of people. • Dialectsaredifferences in words and grammarthatrevealwhich country orpart of the country a person comesfrom. • A dialectmightusedifferentgrammar and sentenceconstructionthanstandardEnglish.It’susuallyspoken in a regionalaccent. (English to 14, LizLockwood) • Examples: • Differenttypes of Englishdialectsarespoken in differentparts of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, England, Jamaica, Trinidad, differentareas of Australia, and the United States. (Grammar to 14, Don Shiach)

  3. Accent • :a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class. (Oxford dictionary) • Accent are differences in the way people pronounce words depending on the are they live or a group they belong to. • (English to 14, Liz Lockwood) • Often "accent" is a subset of "dialect". (Wikipedia) • Different accents: • In Great Britain: Scottish, Irish, Cockney, Yorkshire

  4. Sample of Scottishaccent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJE1xwDvB5I Sample of Texas accent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3AuqeI51mY Sample of UK accent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztMboZYBCJo

  5. The usage of accents and dialect • Standard English is used in moreformalsituationswhenyou´respeakingwithsomeonewhodoesn’tspeakyourdialect. • Dialectsareusedwhen the speech is informal, for example, whenyou’respeakingwithyourfriendsorfamily. (Grammar to 14, Don Shiach) • Childrenareable to take the accentquitequickly. Accentscanalsochange for examplewhenyouhavelived in a different country for a while.(Wikipedia) • Accentsformdifferentgroups. • Youcantellwhere the person is frombylisteninghis/heraccent.

  6. Sources: en.wikipedia.org/accent LockwoodLiz, English to 14 oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/accent Siach Don, Grammar to 14

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