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Barbara Piekarczyk Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Differences in RP and GA
Hi! I am writing a bachelor's degree about the differences between American (GA) and British (RP) accents, pronunciation in theory can someonce help me with some suggestion on how to write it and what to include? I would really appreciate the help;)
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Hello, Barbara. If this is a degree thesis and you have no idea what to write about and can think of nothing better than an open internet forum to turn to, then you should change your topic. Simple as that.
- Hello, Barbara.
- If this is a degree thesis and you have no idea what to write about and can think of nothing better than an open internet forum to turn to, then you should change your topic.
- Simple as that.
- Have you done any research, online or in your library, one this very broad topic?
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Hello, Barbara.
If this is a degree thesis and you have no idea what to write about and can think of nothing better than an open internet forum to turn to, then you should change your topic. Simple as that. Have you done any research, online or in your library, one this very broad topic?
If this is a degree thesis and you have no idea what to write about and can think of nothing better than an open internet forum to turn to, then you should change your topic. Simple as that. Have you done any research, online or in your library, one this very broad topic?
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I already have my first chapter it's not that i don't know what to write. I'm just having a problem with my second chapter;)
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This is an extremely broad topic. I would suggest investigating the differences in which syllables are stressed in BrE versus AmE, as this has a substantial effect on pronunciation differences. The pronunciation of words loaned to English from French is completely different in BrE versus AmE. Then, of course, there's the phenomenon of the American "r" which has a distinct pronunciation. The li
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Just the accents themselves? Because there are a lot of grammatical differences as well, not to mention slang words etc. Also there are so many different accents within Britain and America - such as American southern, midwestern, Texan, northern, "ebonics," etc.
The vowel sounds I think are the most important. Most American accents have in common a similar pronunciation of "a" as found
The vowel sounds I think are the most important. Most American accents have in common a similar pronunciation of "a" as found
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