World Englishes Accents

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World Englishes Accents by Mind Map: World Englishes Accents

1. RP

2. Geordie

3. Irish

4. Scottish

5. Canadian

6. General American

7. Cockney

7.1. Feature 1: non-rothic (pronounce r only when a vowel comes after) Feature 2: FACE GOAT wider diphthongs (game, ago) Feature 3: FLEECE and GOOSE extended glides (freezer, cruiser) Feature 4: PRICE further back (like CHOICE) (night, miser, outside) Feature 5: TRAP closer (channel, action, gas) Feature 6: th fronting (mouthfull) Feature 7: h-dropping (hedge and edge sound the same) Feature 8: closer DRESS vowel Feature 9: Post vocalic /l/ is very dark (usual, terminal, wall) l sound more like an w (let > clear, tell > dark) Feature 10: glottalisation medial /t/ (underestimated, Aristotle, move it over) Feature 11: PALM in BATH

7.2. Feature 1: non-rothic (pronounce r only when a vowel comes after)

7.3. Feature 2: FACE GOAT wider diphthongs (game, ago)

7.4. Feature 3: FLEECE and GOOSE extended glides (freezer, cruiser)

7.5. Feature 4: PRICE further back (like CHOICE) (night, miser, outside)

7.6. Feature 5: TRAP closer (channel, action, gas)

7.7. Feature 6: th fronting (mouthfull)

7.8. Feature 7: h-dropping (hedge and edge sound the same)

7.9. Feature 8: closer DRESS vowel

7.10. Feature 9: Post vocalic /l/ is very dark (usual, terminal, wall) l sound more like an w (let > clear, tell > dark)

7.11. Feature 10: glottalisation medial /t/ (underestimated, Aristotle, move it over)

7.12. Feature 11: PALM in BATH

8. Scouse

9. Welsh