1. AMERICAN VS BRITISH
ENGLISH
A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one
associated with a particular country, area, or social class
2. Main accents
1)Received Pronunciation, also called Oxford English or
BBC English, is the standard pronunciation of British
English;
2)The General American is the accent considered as
standard in North America, and as such it is the
pronunciation heard in most of American films, TVseries,
and national news;
3)The General Australian is the English spoken in Australia.
However, this three main accents should be interpreted as
broad categories, for the English language has a great and
rich diversity of varieties.
3. Rhotic accent
Refers to the manner letter r is pronounced after
a vowel within a syllable
Except for New York City and the area of
Boston, American English is rhotic. British
English is largely non-rhotic, save for Scotland
and Ireland
4. AMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH
Rothic accent Non- rothic accent
o , , , æ,ʊ ɑː ɒ aɪ, iː ə , , , , , eʊ ɒ ɔː ɑː ɪ
Stress, /kənˈtrɪb.juːt/
/ˈkɑːntrɪb.juːt/
Pronunciation of /t/
1. aspirated sound
2. de-aspirated sound
3. alveolar flap
4. glottal stop
5. ommission
Pronunciation of /t/
Aspirated
de-aspirated
French loanwords: final syllable stress
(adult, buffet, vaccine, café, garage)
Earlier syllable stress: attache,
fiancee, consomme
Suffixes – ate, -ary, -ory, -berry, and
-mony, /ˈhedʒ.ə.moʊ-/
/ˈmæn.də.tər.i/, /hɪˈɡem.ə.ni/
Intonation