AMERICAN VS BRITISH ENGLISH

A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class

Main accents

1)Received Pronunciation, also called Oxford English or BBC English, is the standard pronunciation of British English;

2)The General American is the accent considered as standard in North America, and as such it is the pronunciation heard in most of American films, TVseries, and national news;

3)The General Australian is the English spoken in Australia. However, this three main accents should be interpreted as broad categories, for the English language has a great and rich diversity of varieties.

Rhotic accent

Refers to the manner letter r is pronounced after a vowel within a syllable

Except for New York City and the area of Boston, American English is rhotic. British English is largely non-rhotic, save for Scotland and Ireland

AMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH

Rothic accent Non- rothic accent

oʊ, ɑː, ɒ, æ, aɪ, iː əʊ, ɒ, ɔː, ɑː, ɪ, e

Stress, /kənˈtrɪb.juːt/ /ˈkɑːntrɪb.juːt/

Pronunciation of /t/1. aspirated sound2. de-aspirated sound3. alveolar flap4. glottal stop5. ommission

Pronunciation of /t/Aspiratedde-aspirated

French loanwords: final syllable stress (adult, buffet, vaccine, café, garage)

Earlier syllable stress: attache, fiancee, consomme

Suffixes – ate, -ary, -ory, -berry, and -mony, /ˈhedʒ.ə.moʊ-/

/ˈmæn.də.tər.i/, /hɪˈɡem.ə.ni/

Intonation