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Page 1: Sound and English Sound System. Peter Roach (Introduction)  Phoneme: the smallest unit of the speech, used to distinguish one word from another e.g.

Sound and English Sound System

Page 2: Sound and English Sound System. Peter Roach (Introduction)  Phoneme: the smallest unit of the speech, used to distinguish one word from another e.g.

Peter Roach (Introduction) Phoneme:

the smallest unit of the speech, used to distinguish one word from another e.g. tab - tap

bet - pet

pin - pen IPA:

International Phonetic Alphabet

Dish (transcribed as) Disgrace (transcribed as)

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Peter Roach (Introduction) Accents: the way people from different geographical

places, social class, educational background and age pronounce words differently

Dialect: A variety of language which is different in

terms of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and word order.

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Peter Roach (Introduction) RP: Received pronunciation --- accent used by

newsreaders on BBC (BBC pronunciation)- not an official accent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtXcrElq5jM Estuary English: new accent term for the contemporary London sound

that is a blend of RP and Cockney - It's even spoken by Prime Ministers and members of the royal family! The glottal stops (abrupt cut off) are very heavy.

http://www.accenthelp.com/products-page/british-isles-accents/estuary-english-london/

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American Accent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpJ3yzUPbL0

Intelligibility:

how comprehendible the speech is to the hearer (the degree to which the speech is understood.