Accent variation
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:40 am
There are 4 variations I am studying now. Systemic, distributional, lexical, and realisational.
a] in one accent, there is no distinction between /a/ and /ae/, while in the other these are separate phonemes, with many minimal pairs.
b] in one accent, /u/ is pronounced as ; in the other it is pronounced [gamma (I believe)]
c] in one accent , /h/ occurs in all postions while in the other it has been 'dropped' at the beginning of words. (ie. it can't occur initially)
Difficult to find specific examples and good definitions of the terms so here are my guesses. Tell me if I am getting this correct please.
a) Realisational -- example NA English - cot, caught (rhyme)
British English - father, bother (don:t rhyme)
b) Lexical --- where 2 accents have different phonological systems
(an example would be nice.)
c) Systemic --- added or lost distinction
'C###ney' accent - loss of initial /h/, 'e 'as an 'ard 'eart ----from MY Fair Lady.
any help would be greatly appreciated .
thanks,
J
a] in one accent, there is no distinction between /a/ and /ae/, while in the other these are separate phonemes, with many minimal pairs.
b] in one accent, /u/ is pronounced as ; in the other it is pronounced [gamma (I believe)]
c] in one accent , /h/ occurs in all postions while in the other it has been 'dropped' at the beginning of words. (ie. it can't occur initially)
Difficult to find specific examples and good definitions of the terms so here are my guesses. Tell me if I am getting this correct please.
a) Realisational -- example NA English - cot, caught (rhyme)
British English - father, bother (don:t rhyme)
b) Lexical --- where 2 accents have different phonological systems
(an example would be nice.)
c) Systemic --- added or lost distinction
'C###ney' accent - loss of initial /h/, 'e 'as an 'ard 'eart ----from MY Fair Lady.
any help would be greatly appreciated .
thanks,
J