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Ms.Student Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Language and class
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00 I'm looking for online resources of audio files (downloadable) of differences in dialects/accents accordning to class. I need this for a presentation in Sociolinguistics but it is very difficult to find files that are not just examples or geographical differences. Having a couple of audio files with samples of ppl's speech who are from the same place but of different class would be ideal. 02 br
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00 Thanks for all and any helpful advice! 0-
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00 I'm looking for online resources of audio files (downloadable) of differences in dialects/accents accordning to class. I need this for a presentation in Sociolinguistics but it is very difficult to find files that are not just examples or geographical differences. Having a couple of audio files with samples of ppl's speech who are from the same place but of different class would be ideal. 02 br
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00 Thanks for all and any helpful advice! 0-
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0 I think the International Dialects of English Archive has several files for different people from the same location. (Just Google the title, I don't remember the exact URL) If you want to hear differences in class, that website has a short commentary about each of the speakers. As I recall, the older speakers tended to have more upper class sounding accents, and many of the younger speakers had lower class accents.
- 0 I think the International Dialects of English Archive has several files for different people from the same location.
- (Just Google the title, I don't remember the exact URL) If you want to hear differences in class, that website has a short commentary about each of the speakers.
- As I recall, the older speakers tended to have more upper class sounding accents, and many of the younger speakers had lower class accents.
- I would recommend looking mostly in the British English section, as phonological differences in North American English differ very little by class--phonological differences tend to be mostly based on region, age, and cultural group.
- Australians and New Zealanders tend to be able to code switch very well between broad, general, and cultivated, so it would be harder to demonstrate a difference in class in these accents.
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0 I think the International Dialects of English Archive has several files for different people from the same location. (Just Google the title, I don't remember the exact URL) If you want to hear differences in class, that website has a short commentary about each of the speakers. As I recall, the older speakers tended to have more upper class sounding accents, and many of the younger speakers
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