RP/BBC English as the British National Standard of pronunciation. Major accents in UK.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 545.

The notation varieties of English pronunciation.

American English shows a less degree of dialect that British due to some historical factors. There are tree types of American English:

1. The eastern type(is spoken in new England, New York City)

2. The southern type(used in south and south-cast of USA)

3. General American(is spoken in Atlantic states, its language used in Radio and TV)

Language exists in two forms: written and spoken. The literary spoken form has it's natural pronunciation standard. Today all the English all the English speaking nations have their own national pronunciation standard. Today all the English all the English speaking nations have their own national variants of pronunciation and each of them has peculiar that distinguish it from other varieties of English.

It's generally accepted that for the English “English it's Received pronunciation”, for “the American English” – “general American pronunciation”, for the “Australian English” – “Educated Australian”.

BEPC/British English pronunciation standards and accents: English English, Welsh English, Scottish English and Northern English.

British English accent:

English English

Welsh English

Northern Ireland English

Southern

Northern

Southern English:

Greater London

Surrey

Kent

Essex

East Anglia:

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

South-West:

Avon

Somerset

Wiltshire

Northern and Midland northern:

Durham

Cleveland

Yorkshire North west:

Lancashire

Cheshire

West Midland:

Birmingham

Wolver Hampton