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| are american accents attractive in other languages: Language Myths Laurie Bauer, 1998-11-26 A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining English; Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Anymore; America is Ruining the English Language. The tone is lively and entertaining throughout and there are cartoons from Doonesbury andThe Wizard of Id to illustrate some of the points. The book should have a wide readership not only amongst students who want to read leading linguists writing about popular misconceptions but also amongst the large number of people who enjoy reading about language in general. |
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| are american accents attractive in other languages: Language in Immigrant America Dominika Baran, 2017-10-12 Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Whose America?; 2. The alien specter then and now; 3. Hyphenated identity; 4. Foreign accents and immigrant Englishes; 5. Multilingual practices; 6. Immigrant children and language; 7. American becomings |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Foreign Accent Alene Moyer, 2013-03-14 To what extent do our accents determine the way we are perceived by others? Is a foreign accent inevitably associated with social stigma? Accent is a matter of great public interest given the impact of migration on national and global affairs, but until now, applied linguistics research has treated accent largely as a theoretical puzzle. In this fascinating account, Alene Moyer examines the social, psychological, educational and legal ramifications of sounding 'foreign'. She explores how accent operates contextually through analysis of issues such as: the neuro-cognitive constraints on phonological acquisition, individual factors that contribute to the 'intractability' of accent, foreign accent as a criterion for workplace discrimination, and the efficacy of instruction for improving pronunciation. This holistic treatment of second language accent is an essential resource for graduate students and researchers interested in applied linguistics, bilingualism and foreign language education. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Awesome Accent Julian Northbrook, 2018-08-31 Do You Like the Way Your English Accent Sounds? How you sound in English matters. Research shows this very clearly. Native speakers judge people with clear, easy to understand accents as proficient in English (even if in reality they're only beginners). On the other hand, they judge people whose accents are hard to understand as being low-level (Even if they're |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Advertising as Multilingual Communication H. Kelly-Holmes, 2016-01-11 Advertising has traditionally communicated messages to consumers with strong local and national identities. However, increasingly, products, producers, advertising agencies and media are becoming internationalized. In the development of strategies that appeal to a large multinational consumer base, advertising language takes on new 'multilingual' features. The author explores the role of advertising language in this new globalized environment, from a communicative theory point of view, as well as from a close linguistic analysis of some major advertising campaigns within a multicultural and multilingual marketplace. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Understanding Morphology Martin Haspelmath, Andrea D. Sims, 2013-10-28 This new edition of Understanding Morphology has been fully revised in line with the latest research. It now includes 'big picture' questions to highlight central themes in morphology, as well as research exercises for each chapter. Understanding Morphology presents an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the reader, the book presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Starting with the core areas of inflection and derivation, the book presents the interfaces between morphology and syntax and between morphology and phonology. The synchronic study of word structure is covered, as are the phenomena of diachronic change, such as analogy and grammaticalization. Theories are presented clearly in accessible language with the main purpose of shedding light on the data, rather than as a goal in themselves. The authors consistently draw on the best research available, thus utilizing and discussing both functionalist and generative theoretical approaches. Each chapter includes a summary, suggestions for further reading, and exercises. As such this is the ideal book for both beginning students of linguistics, or anyone in a related discipline looking for a first introduction to morphology. |
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| are american accents attractive in other languages: Fluent Forever Gabriel Wyner, 2014-08-05 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: American Accent Training Ann Cook, 2000 Directed to speakers of English as a second language, a multi-media guide to pronouncing American English uses a pure-sound approach to speaking to help imitate the fluid ways of American speech. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Foreign Languages in Advertising Jos Hornikx, Frank van Meurs, 2019-12-17 This book presents a comprehensive account of the use and effects of foreign languages in advertising. Based on consumer culture positioning strategies in marketing, three language strategies are presented: foreign language display to express foreignness, English to highlight globalness, and local language to appeal to ethnicity (for instance, Spanish for Hispanics in the USA). The book takes a multidisciplinary approach, integrating insights from both marketing and linguistics, presenting both theoretical perspectives (e.g., Communication Accommodation Theory, Conceptual Feature Model, Country-of-origin effect, Markedness Model, Revised Hierarchical Model) and empirical evidence from content analyses and experimental studies. The authors demonstrate that three concepts are key to understanding foreign languages in advertising: language attitudes, language-product congruence, and comprehension. The book will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, marketing and advertising. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: English as a Global Language David Crystal, 2012-03-29 Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Cruel Modernity Jean Franco, 2013-05-29 In Cruel Modernity, Jean Franco examines the conditions under which extreme cruelty became the instrument of armies, governments, rebels, and rogue groups in Latin America. She seeks to understand how extreme cruelty came to be practiced in many parts of the continent over the last eighty years and how its causes differ from the conditions that brought about the Holocaust, which is generally the atrocity against which the horror of others is measured. In Latin America, torturers and the perpetrators of atrocity were not only trained in cruelty but often provided their own rationales for engaging in it. When draining the sea to eliminate the support for rebel groups gave license to eliminate entire families, the rape, torture, and slaughter of women dramatized festering misogyny and long-standing racial discrimination accounted for high death tolls in Peru and Guatemala. In the drug wars, cruelty has become routine as tortured bodies serve as messages directed to rival gangs. Franco draws on human-rights documents, memoirs, testimonials, novels, and films, as well as photographs and art works, to explore not only cruel acts but the discriminatory thinking that made them possible, their long-term effects, the precariousness of memory, and the pathos of survival. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: English with an Accent Rosina Lippi-Green, 2012-03-15 Since its initial publication, English with an Accent has provoked debate and controversy within classrooms through its in-depth scrutiny of American attitudes towards language. Rosina Lippi-Green discusses the ways in which discrimination based on accent functions to support and perpetuate social structures and unequal power relations. This second edition has been reorganized and revised to include: new dedicated chapters on Latino English and Asian American English discussion questions, further reading, and suggested classroom exercises, updated examples from the classroom, the judicial system, the media, and corporate culture a discussion of the long-term implications of the Ebonics debate a brand-new companion website with a glossary of key terms and links to audio, video, and images relevant to the each chapter's content. English with an Accent is essential reading for students with interests in attitudes and discrimination towards language. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Beyond Ebonics John Baugh, 2000-02-10 The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term Ebonics, however the idea remains a mystery to most. John Baugh, a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, offers an accessible explanation of the origins of the term, the linguistic reality behind the hype, and the politics behind the outcry on both sides of the debate. Using a non-technical, first-person style, and bringing in many of his own personal experiences, Baugh debunks many commonly-held notions about the way African-Americans speak English, and the result is a nuanced and balanced portrait of a fraught subject. This volume should appeal to students and scholars in anthropology, linguistics, education, urban studies, and African-American studies. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Old Church Slavonic Grammar Horace G. Lunt, 2010-12-14 No detailed description available for Old Church Slavonic Grammar. |
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| are american accents attractive in other languages: Inventing English Seth Lerer, 2015-08-25 A history of English from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem, “written with real authority, enthusiasm and love for our unruly and exquisite language” (The Washington Post). Many have written about the evolution of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Seth Lerer situates these developments within the larger history of English, America, and literature. This edition of his “remarkable linguistic investigation” (Booklist) features a new chapter on the influence of biblical translation and an epilogue on the relationship of English speech to writing. A unique blend of historical and personal narrative, both “erudite and accessible” (The Globe and Mail), Inventing English is the surprising tale of a language that is as dynamic as the people to whom it belongs. “Lerer is not just a scholar; he's also a fan of English—his passion is evident on every page of this examination of how our language came to sound—and look—as it does and how words came to have their current meanings…the book percolates with creative energy and will please anyone intrigued by how our richly variegated language came to be.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: At Play in the Fields of the Lord Peter Matthiessen, 2012-05-02 In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller—adapted into a movie starring John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, and Tom Waits. A novel of Conradian richness, At Play in the Fields of the Lord explores both the varieties of spiritual experience and the politics of cultural genocide. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Language in a Globalised World Khawla Badwan, 2021-07-13 This book takes a critical look at the role of language in an increasingly diversified and globalised world, using the new framework of 'sociolinguistics of globalisation' to draw together research from human geography, sociolinguistics, and intercultural communication. It argues that globalisation has resulted in a destabilisation of social and linguistic norms, and presents a ‘language-in-motion’ approach which addresses the inequalities and new social divisions brought by the unprecedented levels of population mobility. This book looks at language on the individual, national and transnational level, and it will be of interest to readers with backgrounds in history, politics, human geography, sociolinguistics and minority languages. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? Ilana Kurshan, 2008-11-19 This fascinating, informative, and beautifully illustrated books translates the Passover seder's Four Questions into twenty-three languages and provides capsule histories of the Jews in the countries where the languages are spoken. The recitation of the Four Questions at the beginning of the Passover seder by the youngest participant is one of the highlights of the evening and captures its very essence: to keep the memory of the Exodus of the Jews from Egyptian slavery alive in our minds, and to teach our children about their heritage and history. This unique volume covers a variety of languages of the Jewish Diaspora—from French to Farsi, from Latin to Ladino, from Amharic to Afrikaans, from Yiddish to Swedish to Chinese. For each language a translation (and, where necessary, a transliteration) of the Four Questions is provided, accompanied by a brief overview of Jewish life and culture among the speakers of the language, and an illustrations of either historical or contemporary interest. The perfect seder gift, Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? is also an excellent introduction to Jewish history in the Diaspora for young and old alike. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: An Introduction to Language and Linguistics Ralph Fasold, Jeffrey Connor-Linton, 2006-03-09 This accessible textbook offers balanced and uniformly excellent coverage of modern linguistics. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages David Nunan, 2015-02-11 David Nunan’s dynamic learner-centered teaching style has informed and inspired countless TESOL educators around the world. In this fresh, straightforward introduction to teaching English to speakers of other languages he presents teaching techniques and procedures along with the underlying theory and principles. Complex theories and research studies are explained in a clear and comprehensible, yet non-trivial, manner without trivializing them. Practical examples of how to develop teaching materials and tasks from sound principles provide rich illustrations of theoretical constructs. The content is presented through a lively variety of different textual genres including classroom vignettes showing language teaching in action, question and answer sessions, and opportunities to ‘eavesdrop’ on small group discussions among teachers and teachers in preparation. Readers get involved through engaging, interactive pedagogical features and opportunities for reflection and personal application. Each chapter follows the same format so that readers know what to expect as they work through the text. Key terms are defined in a Glossary at the end of the book. David Nunan’s own reflections and commentaries throughout enrich the direct, up-close style of the text. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Talking Back, Talking Black John H. McWhorter, 2017 An authoritative, impassioned celebration of Black English, how it works, and why it matters |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Class Paul Fussell, 1992 This book describes the living-room artifacts, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from top to bottom. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: The Romanian Accent in English Iulia Pittman, 2008 |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Do You Speak American? Robert Macneil, William Cran, 2007-12-18 Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations? These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran—the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English—across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English—if a standard exists—is changing quickly and dramatically. On a journey that takes them from the Northeast, through Appalachia and the Deep South, and west to California, the authors observe everyday verbal interactions and in a host of interviews with native speakers glean the linguistic quirks and traditions characteristic of each area. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat to American English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. And, challenging the purists who think grammatical standards are in serious deterioration and that media saturation of our culture is homogenizing our speech, they surprise us with unpredictable responses. With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling book that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language. Each wave of immigration has brought new words to enrich the American language. Do you recognize the origin of 1. blunderbuss, sleigh, stoop, coleslaw, boss, waffle? Or 2. dumb, ouch, shyster, check, kaput, scram, bummer? Or 3. phooey, pastrami, glitch, kibbitz, schnozzle? Or 4. broccoli, espresso, pizza, pasta, macaroni, radio? Or 5. smithereens, lollapalooza, speakeasy, hooligan? Or 6. vamoose, chaps, stampede, mustang, ranch, corral? 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Yiddish 4. Italian 5. Irish 6. Spanish |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: The Lion in Winter James Goldman, 2004-12-14 Insecure siblings fighting for their parents’ attention; bickering spouses who can’t stand to be together or apart; adultery and sexual experimentation; even the struggle to balance work and family: These are themes as much at home in our time as they were in the twelfth century. In James Goldman’s classic play The Lion in Winter, domestic turmoil rises to an art form. Keenly self-aware and motivated as much by spite as by any sense of duty, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine maneuver against each other to position their favorite son in line for succession. By imagining the inner lives of Henry, Eleanor, and their sons, John, Geoffrey, and Richard, Goldman created the quintessential drama of family strife and competing ambitions, a work that gives visceral, modern-day relevance to the intrigues of Angevin England. Combining keen historical and psychological insight with delicious, mordant wit, the stage play has become a touchstone of today’s theater scene, and Goldman’s screenplay for the 1968 film adaptation won him an Academy Award. Told in “marvelously articulate language, with humor that bristles and burns” (Los Angeles Times), The Lion in Winter is the rare play that bursts into life on the printed page. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: That's Not English Erin Moore, 2015-11-05 In this brilliant transatlantic survival guide, Erin Moore examines the key differences between the British and the Americans through their language. You’ll discover why Americans give – and take – so many bloody compliments and never, ever say ‘shall’ (well hardly ever), as well as what the British really mean when they say ‘proper’, why they believe it is better to be bright than clever and how the word sorry has at least eight different meanings for them. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: The Oxford Handbook of Voice Perception Sascha Frühholz, Pascal Belin, 2019 Speech perception has been the focus of innumerable studies over the past decades. While our abilities to recognize individuals by their voice state plays a central role in our everyday social interactions, limited scientific attention has been devoted to the perceptual and cerebral mechanisms underlying nonverbal information processing in voices. The Oxford Handbook of Voice Perception takes a comprehensive look at this emerging field and presents a selection of current research in voice perception. The forty chapters summarise the most exciting research from across several disciplines covering acoustical, clinical, evolutionary, cognitive, and computational perspectives. In particular, this handbook offers an invaluable window into the development and evolution of the 'vocal brain', and considers in detail the voice processing abilities of non-human animals or human infants. By providing a full and unique perspective on the recent developments in this burgeoning area of study, this text is an important and interdisciplinary resource for students, researchers, and scientific journalists interested in voice perception. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: The Story of French Jean-Benoît Nadeau, Julie Barlow, 2008-01-08 Why does everything sound better if it's said in French? That fascination is at the heart of The Story of French, the first history of one of the most beautiful languages in the world that was, at one time, the pre-eminent language of literature, science and diplomacy. In a captivating narrative that spans the ages, from Charlemagne to Cirque du Soleil, Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow unravel the mysteries of a language that has maintained its global influence despite the rise of English. As in any good story, The Story of French has spectacular failures, unexpected successes and bears traces of some of history's greatest figures: the tenacity of William the Conqueror, the staunchness of Cardinal Richelieu, and the endurance of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Through this colorful history, Nadeau and Barlow illustrate how French acquired its own peculiar culture, revealing how the culture of the language spread among francophones the world over and yet remains curiously centered in Paris. In fact, French is not only thriving—it still has a surprisingly strong influence on other languages. As lively as it is fascinating, The Story of French challenges long held assumptions about French and shows why it is still the world's other global language. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Fluent in 3 Months Benny Lewis, 2014-03-11 Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time language hacker, someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or the language gene to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: The Theoretic Arithmetic of the Pythagoreans Thomas Taylor, 2006-06 |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Captioned Media in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching Robert Vanderplank, 2016-08-09 This book brings together current thinking on informal language learning and the findings of over 30 years of research on captions (same language subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) to present a new model of language learning from captioned viewing and a future roadmap for research and practice in this field. Language learners may have normal hearing but they are ‘hard-of-listening’ and find it difficult to follow the rapid or unclear speech in many films and TV programmes. Vanderplank considers whether watching with captions not only enables learners to understand and enjoy foreign language television and films but also helps them to improve their foreign language skills. Captioned Media in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching will be of interest to students and researchers involved in second language acquisition teaching and research, as well as practising language teachers and teacher trainers. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: You Just Don't Understand Deborah Tannen, 2013-04-23 From the author of New York Times bestseller You're Wearing That? this bestselling classic work draws upon groundbreaking research by an acclaimed sociolinguist to show that women and men live in different worlds, made of different words. Women and men live in different worlds...made of different words. Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful, humorous writing, Tannen shows why women and men can walk away from the same conversation with completely different impressions of what was said. Studded with lively and entertaining examples of real conversations, this book gives you the tools to understand what went wrong -- and to find a common language in which to strengthen relationships at work and at home. A classic in the field of interpersonal relations, this book will change forever the way you approach conversations. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Global Englishes for Language Teaching Heath Rose, Nicola Galloway, 2019-01-24 Provides a ground-breaking attempt to unite discussions on the pedagogical implications of the global spread of English, and lobby for change. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: You Talkin' to Me? E. J. White, 2020 You Talkin' to Me? explores the hidden history of English in New York City -- a history that encompasses social class, immigration, culture, economics, and, of course, real estate. E.J. White illuminates a new dimension of the city's landscape through entertaining stories of New York's most famous characters and cultural institutions, from Broadway to the newsroom. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: A Russian Accent Paul Meier, 2012-03 |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: The Five-minute Linguist Caroline Myrick, Walt Wolfram, 2019 The 5-Minute Linguist provides a lively, reader-friendly introduction to the subject of language suitable for the general reader and beginning students.The third edition adds new topics now at the forefront of linguistics and updates others. |
| are american accents attractive in other languages: Disorientation Elaine Hsieh Chou, 2022-07-21 'The funniest, most poignant novel of the year' - Vogue For fans of Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang, Disorientation is an uproarious and big-hearted satire – alive with sharp edges, immense warmth, and a cast of unforgettable characters – that asks: who gets to tell our stories? Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her PhD dissertation on the much-lauded poet Xiao-Wen Chou and never read about ‘Chinese-y’ things again, when she accidentally stumbles upon a strange note in the Chou archives that she thinks may be her ticket out of academic hell. But Ingrid has no idea that the note will lead to an explosive secret, upending her entire life and the lives of those around her. Her clumsy exploits to discover the truth set off a rollercoaster of mishaps and misadventures, from campus protests and over-the-counter drug hallucinations, to book burnings and a movement that stinks of Yellow Peril propaganda. In the aftermath, she’ll have to question everything, from her relationship with her fiancé to the kind of person she dares to be. 'The funniest novel I’ve read all year' - Aravind Adiga, author of The White Tiger 'Fearless' - Observer 'Elaine Hsieh Chou's pen is a scalpel' - Raven Leilani, author of Luster |
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American speakers more positively than other varieties of English (including RP), and also lead them to consider SA as an ideal model of pronunciation. In order to assess the representation of ...
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the message. In other words, how something is said can convey a stronger impression of a speaker than what the speaker actually says (Giles, Wilson and Conway, 1981). Accents are …
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other dimensions, could yield interesting results on how participants rate accents that they find similar to their own. There are studies on objective linguistic similarity of English accents, e.g. …
Translation and Film: Slang, Dialects, Accents and Multiple …
languages could not understand each other, and the film is not really speaking multiple languages like a polyglot since the dialogue is standardized in the dubbing process. I will discuss what I …
American English pitch accents in variation: Pushing the …
American English: African American English, Appalachian English, and Jewish English. Results of quantitative analysis of production data from 30 speakers of the three varieties finds major …
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American-accented English and Korean-accented English, it emerged that there were significant differences in learners’ attitudes toward both accents as they saw American accents as …
A guide to speaking and pronouncing colloquial American …
2. an American restaurant 3. Américan food 4. an American teacher 5. an Énglish teacher Exercise 1-34: Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases CD 2 Track 2 Exercise 1-35: Contrast …
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Attitudes of Educated Nigerians towards Varieties of English
accents. In another study, Williams (1983) reports the attitudes of 81 Nigerian teachers from 36 ethnic groups towards 11 educated Nigerian accents and three native speaker accents from …
A Comparative Study of Standard American English and Non …
variety of American accents. However, throughout history, the most predominant accent is the American Standard English accent, which has become known as the no accented, …
Other People's English Accents Matter: Challenging Standard …
influencing their native languages and accents (Baugh, 2003, 2010, 2018). The colonial legacy has affected African Americans, including the ways in which they have been linguistically …
5 Lexical Accents and Head Dominance in Polysynthetic …
5 Lexical Accents and Head Dominance in Polysynthetic Languages The Salish Languages 5.1. Introduction This chapter extends the theory of head dominance to languages of polysynthetic …
A market of accents - Springer
strengthening the hegemony of the official languages and implicitly (or explicitly in some instances) proscribing the use of other languages (Bourdieu 1991; Silverstein 1996). The state, …
ACCENTS AND STEREOTYPES IN ANIMATED FILMS
into other languages. It is often argued by scholars that the employment of other regional varieties in translation could give rise to grotesque effects, but ... Sicilian dialect to render the Italian …
U wot m8?: American and British Atitudes toward Regional …
This research examines the relationship between British accents and their stereotypes. It looks specifically at the ratings of British and American subjects for a variety of British regional and …
ACCENT OF KENYAN ENGLISH.
Communication Skills Unit and the other members of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages who have discussed the work with me. My special thanks go to Mr D.Muniu who …
Language Use in the United States: 2019 - Census.gov
these respondents may speak languages other than English in other contexts. Those who respond “yes” to this question are given two subsequent language ... American languages. …
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Borrowing from other languages/varieties. (E.g. spread of French uvular /r/ in Europe.) ... and most American accents. (There are non-rhotic American accents, but they arose from contact …
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including the Philippine, Polynesian, and Micronesian languages. All Other languages . include Uralic languages, such as . Hungarian; the Semitic languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew; …
c YOU SOUND ATTRACTIVE! PERCEPTIONS OF ACCENTED …
Susana A. Eisenchlas School of Languages and Linguistics, Griffith University ... lecturers with non-standard English accents. The investigators used a modified matched-guised technique to …
Danish Accent of English - York University
influences are North American. Also, depending on a particular instructor’s mastery, a teacher may teach from their own Danish accent. This may explain why often Danish accents of …
American Accent Training A Guide To Speaking And
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You sound attractive! Perceptions of accented English in a …
learning foreign languages towards lecturers with nonstandard English - accents. The investigators used a modified matchedguised technique to test - students’ responses to speech …
The Subtlety of Sound: Accent as a Marker for Culture
2011), to the best of our knowledge no other study has examined whether accent can induce cultural frame-switching. The first experiment investigates whether a Chinese English accent is …
The Politics of Language Change: Dialect Divergence in America
used to hear distinctive accents from people from Minnesota for example and those also seem to be going. Dr. Goodword responded: Bruce is absolutely right. Regional accents are dying out . …
Inter- and intra-regional variation in intonation: An analysis of ...
et al., 2005; Prieto et al., 2005), and other languages around the world (Gilles and Peters, 2004; Jun, 2005, 2014). In American English, a small but growing number of studies have focused on …
ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCE INDIAN ENGLISH …
languages. All of these languages are a reflection of India's extensive and varied past. India has been united under many empires and fragmented into numerous tiny kingdoms throughout the …
THE EFFECT OF ACCENT ON LISTENING COMPREHENSION
found that more participants reacted negatively to nonnative accents than to native accents. These biases were about trust, affect, or competence. Given this finding, the researchers …
Regional Accent in a Different Language Setting - ResearchGate
accents play a significant role phenomena, qualitative research is especially usefulin the formation of both individual and group identities (Coupland & Garret, 2010).
Students' attitudes towards an instructor's foreign accent and …
assistants were judged to be as attractive and competent as teaching assistants who were native speakers of American English. The research tradition on language attitudes sketched above …
Worksheet 4.2 Sociolinguistics Accents, Dialects and the …
Worksheet 4.2 Sociolinguistics Accents, Dialects and the Languages of Ireland Discussion on Accents (Solutions on the slides) 1. When you think of the word ‘accent’, what do you think of? …
American Dialects1 - Choices
In other cases the dialectal picture is so evenly distributed that there is no clear national standard, as with the terms for the machine out of which drinks water in schools and other public spaces. …
The Beauty of Hip-Hop Culture: Linguistic Connections …
displayed their anger and other emotions through various narratives of art, including poetry, music, and other literary works. In the early 20. th. century, the birth of the Harlem …
Attitudes towards Native and Foreign Accented Englishes …
Jul 2, 2021 · perceives accents as a badge of social identity (Wardhaugh & Fuller 2015). Tied to accents are language ideologies and attitudes towards both native and non-native accented …
English Accent Attitudes Voices of Thai Multilingual University …
multilingual university students toward their own English accents. 472 participants responded to the online questionnaire, and 12 informants volunteered to engage in the online interview …
Yemeni English Teachers’ Attitudes Towards English Accents
use American accent more than British in the classroom. However, they use a mixture of both while teaching. Even though the majority claim that no accent is superior to the other, most of …
The effects of ethnic bias and face on identification, …
The effects of ethnic bias and face on identification, accentedness judgements and intelligibility of Cantonese accents in Hong Kong Grace Wenling Cao,1 Him Cheung,2 and Peggy Mok3,a) …
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