![]() It was under this really unusual situation of acquisition.Īre a result of this contact between the African languagesĪs well as the English spoken by colonizers. Like what you learned in the classroom, right? The enslaved people had to, in some ways acquire English.īut the English that they were acquiring was not With each other and for economic and survival reasons So there are all of these languages in contact This created a situation where there was a really unusual Into contact with the English spoken by the colonizers. They spoke multiple different African languages ![]() Of shared features across regions because of its history.Īnd brought to what is now the United States.Īt the time, they didn't all speak the same languages. Is going to demonstrate some of those accents.Īs we know, New York has all kinds of people in it. Times Square, New York City and this kind of New York accentĢ2nd street, Time Square, Dumbo, taxis, traffic, and so on.Īll of these accents I've talked about so farĪnd linguist Nicole Holliday is going to go a little deeper In like this kind of New York City accent The tongue tip hits the teeth or close to them Here is something fun most of them have in common. Socio linguists have studied this really carefully.Īnd there just really isn't any such thingīut they varied by socioeconomic backgroundĪnd by ethnicity and other aspects of group belongingĪnd identity more than by neighborhood or by borough. I know you guys are going to tell me to forget about it They don't vary buy borough by the way, that's a myth. Rhode Island accents were shaped by a lot of IrishĪnd Italian immigration, just like New York city. Traditional Rhode Island accents is still non RHOTIC Let's all get in the car and head South down the coast now, Stereotypical Boston accents of course a non RHODIC One of the places you might hear a Boston accent today. Now North of Plymouth rock, we have a Harvard Yard. In and around London started dropping their R's.Īnd from there the trend spread to America. Might have used to sound something like this. In fact, so did almost all English speakers in 1620 The Pilgrim spoke with what we call RHOTIC accents The first places English was spoken in North America It's been settled by English speakers longer. In their particular way for hundreds and hundreds of years. There's a lot more accent diversity in the British Isles,įor example, where there are local populations That's the other thing that makes for accent variety. Or the sea islands in the low country in GeorgiaĪnd isolation necessary to diverge and develop them. Like Ocracoke Island in the outer banks of North Carolina Mostly reflect is settlement patterns and contact. They'll follow major geographical boundaries Is that accents often don't follow political boundaries One of the things you'll notice along the way Has that accent or has it to the same degree.Īnd language experts from around the continent. We're going to be looking at some of the most distinctiveīut it doesn't mean that everyone from there Sounds the same accents vary by socioeconomic background,Īnd that usually has to do with identity too. This are by no means all the accents in North America Or Scarlett O'Hara kind of classical Southern accent. That's where you gets the sort of Blanche DuBois Learning the tools and skills needed to be good at teaching or doing accents: ![]() North Carolina accent and dialect variation: International Dialects of English Archiveĭictionary of American Regional English and Field Recordings: Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina North Carolina accent demonstrations courtesy of The Language & Life Project ![]() Latinx Light L demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English ArchiveĭC accent demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English Archive NYC accent demonstration courtesy of La Tasha Stephens Linguists & Language Experts: Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, & Kalina Newmark Head of Programming for WIRED: Chris Conti Erik, along with a host of other linguists and language experts, takes a look at some of the most interesting and distinct accents around the country. Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America.
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