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Sound and English Sound System
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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.