Varieties of American English 3301-ZJF1637
Focus on the major American and British accents. A comparison of the vowel and consonant systems of General American and Received Pronunciation. A phonological account of selected processes in General American and Received Pronunciation. Description of regional American accents used in Eastern New England, the South and New York City. Lexical and grammatical differences.
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Hughes, A., P. Trudgill, D. Watt "English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles", Hodder Arnold, 2005.
McCarthy, M., F. O'Dell "English Vocabulary in Use" Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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