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2. Accent reduction - Wikipedia

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   Accent reduction, also known as accent modification or accent neutralization, is a systematic approach for learning or adopting a new speech accent. It is the process of learning the sound system (or phonology ) and melodic intonation of a language so the non-native speaker can communicate with clarity.

3. Comparison of General American and Received Pronunciation

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   GA accents usually have some degree of merging weak vowels. Disyllabic laxing is more common in American than in British English, with a short vowel in GA and a long vowel in RP in such words as era, patent and lever. [citation needed] Trisyllabic laxing however is somewhat less common in GA than in RP, for example in privacy, vitamin and ...

4. American and British English pronunciation differences

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   Differences in pronunciation between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE) can be divided into . differences in accent (i.e. phoneme inventory and realisation).See differences between General American and Received Pronunciation for the standard accents in the United States and Britain; for information about other accents see regional accents of English.

5. Sound correspondences between English accents - Wikipedia

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   The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used to represent sound correspondences among various accents and dialects of the English language. These charts give a diaphoneme for each sound, followed by its realization in different dialects. The symbols for the diaphonemes are given in bold, followed by their most common phonetic values.

6. Help:IPA/English - Wikipedia

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   In rhotic North American English there is no distinction between the vowels in nurse /ˈnɜːrs/ and letter /ˈlɛtər/. If you speak such a dialect, read /ɜːr/ as /ər/ . The /ʌr/ of hurry often joins this neutralization; if you have it in your speech, read /ɜːr/ , /ər/ and /ʌr/ as /ər/ .

7. Austin Butler Needed a Dialect Coach to Lose ‘Elvis’ Accent ...

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   Austin Butler needed professional help to shake off his Elvis accent before filming his new Apple TV+ series, Masters of the Air. Butler, 32, explained during a Wednesday, January 24, interview on ...

8. T-glottalization - Wikipedia

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   American and Canadian English accents feature t-glottalization, heard in the following contexts: Word finally or before a syllabic /n/ Latin [læʔn̩], Important [ˌɪmˈpɔɹʔn̩t] (Less commonly) across word boundaries. "Right ankle" [raɪʔ‿æŋkəl] "That apple" [ðæʔ‿æpəl]

9. North American English regional phonology - Wikipedia

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   Regional dialects in North America are historically the most strongly differentiated along the Eastern seaboard, due to distinctive speech patterns of urban centers of the American East Coast like Boston, New York City, and certain Southern cities, all of these accents historically noted by their London-like r-dropping (called non-rhoticity), a feature gradually receding among younger ...