Teaching the Five Ws About Rules of English Pronunciation: A
... used in the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales). Received Pronunciation (RP) is defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as “the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England”. American English (AmE) is the form of English used in the United States. ...
... used in the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales). Received Pronunciation (RP) is defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as “the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England”. American English (AmE) is the form of English used in the United States. ...
Presentation of research
... • The book acknowledges the inherent dangers in making any geographic or historical division of linguistic boundaries: – The English of the Bahamas has more in common with North American Englishes due to its place in history as a settler destination for AngloBahamian British loyalists who escaped th ...
... • The book acknowledges the inherent dangers in making any geographic or historical division of linguistic boundaries: – The English of the Bahamas has more in common with North American Englishes due to its place in history as a settler destination for AngloBahamian British loyalists who escaped th ...
Look Inside
... … you will use British In particular, you will use the variety that has come to be known as ‘BBC English as a model English’. BBC English is the pronunciation used by speakers such as newsreaders for pronunciation. and announcers on television and radio, including the World Service. Some of these sp ...
... … you will use British In particular, you will use the variety that has come to be known as ‘BBC English as a model English’. BBC English is the pronunciation used by speakers such as newsreaders for pronunciation. and announcers on television and radio, including the World Service. Some of these sp ...
Differences between British and American English
... homogeneous. Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast (for example, in eastern New England and New York City) partly because these areas were in close contact with England and imitated prestigious varieties of British English at a time when these were undergoing changes. In addition, ...
... homogeneous. Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast (for example, in eastern New England and New York City) partly because these areas were in close contact with England and imitated prestigious varieties of British English at a time when these were undergoing changes. In addition, ...
Rhoticity in English
Rhoticity in English refers to the situations in which English speakers pronounce the historical rhotic consonant /r/, and is one of the most prominent distinctions by which English varieties can be classified. In rhotic varieties of English, speakers pronounce /r/ in all instances, while in non-rhotic varieties, speakers no longer pronounce /r/ in settings in which it is not followed by a vowel – that is, in postvocalic position. For example, a rhotic English speaker pronounces the words hard and butter approximately as /ˈhɑrd/ and /ˈbʌtər/, whereas a non-rhotic speaker ""drops"" or ""deletes"" the /r/ sound, pronouncing them approximately as /ˈhɑːd/ and /ˈbʌtə/. A non-rhotic speaker would still pronounce the /r/ in the words run, tree and very, and usually in the continuously spoken phrase butter and jam (the linking R), since in these cases the /r/ is followed by a vowel.The English dialects of Scotland, Ireland, and most of the United States and Canada preserve historical /r/, and are thus termed the rhotic varieties. The non-rhotic varieties, in which historical /r/ has been lost except before vowels, include the dialects of modern England—except the South West, the southern West Midlands, and parts of West Lancashire—as well as the English dialects of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and some parts of the southern and eastern coastal United States.Loss of postvocalic /r/ began sporadically in informal speech in the 15th century, and by the 17th century postvocalic /r/ was weakened but still universally present. In the mid-18th century it was still pronounced in most environments, but may occasionally have been deleted entirely, especially after low vowels. By the 1790s, postvocalic /r/-less pronunciation had become common in London and surrounding areas, and was increasing in use. By the early 19th century, the southern British standard was fully transformed into a non-rhotic variety.