In British isles: southern English, Northern, Scottish
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 519.
Principle Types of English pronunciation
National Language – written (generally accepted standard) and spoken forms (may vary from locality to locality)
Dialect –differ in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation- dialectology, sociolinguistics
Different types of pronunciation may vary inall components of pron system.
Orphoepic norm –dialect that became standard pron. due to economical, geographical, political factors.Other dialects –illiterate, uncultural.
Within standard variant there also can be some differences – ex. Moscow\st.Peter pron.
All national types of English pronunciation have many features in common duethe common origin. And have many differences due to the different development after the separation from the GB.
| RP | GA | Scottish | Welsh | Southern (Cockney) | Northern | Northern | Eastern Am | Southern Am |
| northern | Ireland | |||||||
| [blAd] | [bləd] | [blaeid] | [blud] | |||||
| [nau] | [naeý] | |||||||
| [leidi] | [lç:di] | [laidi] | ||||||
| [baeg] | [beg] | |||||||
| [siti] | [siti:] | [siti:] | [siti:] | [siti] | ||||
| [da:ns] | [daens] | [da:ns] | [daens] | |||||
| [gçl] | [girl] | [go:l] | [gﻦ:l] | |||||
| Let-lεət Before ptk [i]-[i:] | NO: [iə] [uə] [ç:] [εə] | [I,u] r central, :ﻦ& o contrast only before ptk | ||||||
| Consonants: | R is rh L is dark [j] is weak latter-ladder [t] is voiced | P,t,k non-asp T=gl st Õ occur Ing=in Ǿr=fr | [l] is clear phith [r] rh | Ǿ=f Ð=d Ð=v L=v Ŋ=n | [iŋ] = [in] gl.st. after p,t,k [r] - uvular | L is clear T=d Ð smts lost H is present Vowel sys is similar to scottish |
American Based pron.: 1. the eastern type (is spoken in new England, in new york city, it bears a remarkable resemblance to southern English.) 2. The southern type (used in south and south-east of usa, it possesses a striking distinctive feature – vowel drawl.) 3. general American.(is spoken in atlantic states: new york, new jersey y etc., it's the pronunciation standard as its language is used by radio and tv.)
| <== previous lecture | | | next lecture ==> |
| Components of Phonetic System in English | | | The phoneme |