In consonants

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 385.

In vowels

1. rp [ ] is realized as [ ]

2. rp final [i] sound like [I:]

3. words like dance which in RP have [a:] are pronounced with [ae:]

4. [ei], [ ] are either monophthongs or much narrow diphthongs than the ones in the south of England.

1. words that have ‘al' in spelling – talk, call are pronounced with [a:]
2. Rp words with [ ] are pronounced with [ ] in a broad Tyneside accent
3. [ai] is [ ]
4. words which in RP have [au] may have [u:]

1. [l] is clear in all environments

2. [h] is usually present in all position

3. -ing is [in]

4. in parts of Northumberland and Durham [r] may be uvular.

33. American-based pronunciation standards of English. Major differences between General American and received pronunciation on the segmental and supersegmental levels.

The formation of American standard underwent the influence of minorities' language, but its starting point was the English language in early 17 century. American English has drifted considerably from English English though as yet not enough to give us ground to speak of 2 different languages. In the USA 3 main types of cultivated speech are recognized: the Eastern type (is spoken in New England, New York city); the Southern type (is used in the South and South-East of the USA. It possesses a striking distinctive feature – vowel drawl, which is a specific way of pronouncing vowels, consisting in the diphthongization and even a triphthongization of some pure vowels and monophthongization of some diphthongs at the expense of prolonging their nuclei and dropping the glides); General American. GA pronunciation is known to be the pronunciation standard of the USA. GA is the form of speech used by the radio and television, mostly used in scientific, cultural and business intercourse.