Презентация на тему " Dialects and Accents"

D I a l e c t s

and

A c c e n t s

Dialect

is a type of language that differs in its grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and spelling .

Accent

is a special manner of pronunciation that is characteristic of a group of people in a particular area.

• Newcastle/ Geordie
• Lancashire
• Liverpool
• Birmingham (brummie)
• Estuary (coastal settlements along the Thames)
• Cockney (East London)
• Posh English(aristocratic)
• Welsh
• Somerset (South of England)
• Cornish (South-Western England)
• Glasgow (Glaswegian)
• Edinburgh (accent of the capital of Scotland)
• Northern Irish

The Cockney English

MILK = MIWK

HAVE = AVE

FIND[faind] = FOIND

FACE[feis] = [fais]

THINK = FINK

THREE = [fri:]

THAT = [væt]

Scottish Standard English / SSE

Scottish version of English is different from the British one.

They change words:

You  ken ? (SSE) = You  know ? (BrE)

вы же  знаете ?

How no? (SEE) =

Why not? (BrE)

почему нет?

change words

“ R “ is always pronounced

CAR≠ [ka:]

CAR= [kar]

computer = compuer

change words

“ I’m going to take the baby to the river for a picnic ” («Я отведу ребенка к реке на пикник»)

western pronunciation:

“ Um gunny tak the wee’un ta the ruvur fe a picnic ”

eаstern pronunciation:

“ Ah’m gonny teak the wee bairn te the riv’r f’r a picnic ”

Singing

Intonations

of Wales

I haven’t done nothin’ to nobody, see?

• triple negation

Non- standard verb forms are used:

She catched

(catch-caught-caught)

words that differ in meaning:

now = soon

again = later

tidy = excellent!

there are words that, according to the people of Wales, untranslatable into English:

hwyl - смесь азарта, энтузиазма и энергии

hiraeth - разновидность тоски и ностальгии, которую, как считают сами валлийцы, переживают только они

The Irish English

They don't answer yes or no questions:

Do you drive? – I do . 

Can you sing? – I can’t .

doubling:

I’ve no time at all at all .

“ R” is always pronounced

[ dj] →[dʒ]:

duke → jook, duty→ jooty

[tj] → [tʃ]:

tube →choob , tune→ choon

in some accents:

think→ tink

that →dat

The Liverpudlian English accent or Scouse

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