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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Accent of an English child with American parents
Would a child of three and a half years, born and living in England but with American parents be expected to have a predominently english or american accent?
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It suppose it would depend on that child's exposure to people outside the home, but also not forgetting that TV etc will have an influence. My 3 year old nephew is in a similar situation. My brother is English and my sister-in-law is American.
- It suppose it would depend on that child's exposure to people outside the home, but also not forgetting that TV etc will have an influence.
- My 3 year old nephew is in a similar situation.
- My brother is English and my sister-in-law is American.
- My nephews accent is predominently English but some of the things he says (even his name) have a decidedly American 'twang'.
- Probably if he had two American parents he would have even more American influence.
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It suppose it would depend on that child's exposure to people outside the home, but also not forgetting that TV etc will have an influence.
My 3 year old nephew is in a similar situation. My brother is English and my sister-in-law is American. My nephews accent is predominently English but some of the things he says (even his name) have a decidedly American 'twang'. Probably if he had two
My 3 year old nephew is in a similar situation. My brother is English and my sister-in-law is American. My nephews accent is predominently English but some of the things he says (even his name) have a decidedly American 'twang'. Probably if he had two
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Typically a child picks up the accent of his/her peers and culture, not his/her parents.
Based on a sample size of two (my daughters) I can attest to their both speaking with wonderful northern English accents at the ages of four and nine, just prior to our moving to the US. Now, at 16 and 21, they are never mistaken for being English and have to actually work hard to mimic an Eng
Based on a sample size of two (my daughters) I can attest to their both speaking with wonderful northern English accents at the ages of four and nine, just prior to our moving to the US. Now, at 16 and 21, they are never mistaken for being English and have to actually work hard to mimic an Eng
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>> Typically a child picks up the accent of his/her peers and culture, not his/her parents. <<
And a very good thing that is too. We should be thankful for it. Otherwise a child with two foreign parents would never be able to speak English with a native accent. I.e., a child with two Korean parents would forever have a Korean accent.
And a very good thing that is too. We should be thankful for it. Otherwise a child with two foreign parents would never be able to speak English with a native accent. I.e., a child with two Korean parents would forever have a Korean accent.
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I have seen something entirely unrelated to the english language, yet closely tighed to your issue.
I think the influence/adoption depends on the childs connection and relation to their parents. Two of my cousins, live in the south of my country (which has got a clearly distinctive dialect/accent) with the father having the very distinctive (capitol) accent and the mother having a local a
I think the influence/adoption depends on the childs connection and relation to their parents. Two of my cousins, live in the south of my country (which has got a clearly distinctive dialect/accent) with the father having the very distinctive (capitol) accent and the mother having a local a
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