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Page 1: Accents and Languages WHY DO PEOPLE SPEAK THE ACCENT THEY DO

Accents and LanguagesWHY DO PEOPLE SPEAK THE ACCENT THEY DO.

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English around the world

Australia

UK-Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland

South Africa

United States – Varies by Region

Canada

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Non Verbal Communication

Everyone speaks with an accent

We only notice other peoples accent

Things like Pitch, Volume, rate, Articulation are all things that vary with different forms of English

(Floyd. Kory, 2011)

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Testing of Infants understanding

Infants have difficulty understanding other languages unlike Adults

American English speaking infants have a problem with understanding Jamaican Accents

Bowl and Ball, About and “aboot”

It still unsolved how infants understand accents(van Heugten,2004)

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Testing of Toddlers

http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=ad03feb8-6816-4f0e-b9b0-4dbef320a559%40sessionmgr4005&hid=4106

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On-Target Experience w/ English and Scottish speakers

“Own-Accent”

Voice recognition and its importance

Usually familiar accents are better understood by the individualStevenage, Sarah V

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On-Target Experience w/ English and Scottish speakers results

Greater Accuracy for Our own accents compared to when being exposed to other accents

Greater Confidence for our own Accents

English listeners had an easier time with Scottish accents then Scots did with English accents

(Stevenage, 2012)

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English in South Africa

5 dominant languages of South Africa Afrikaner- White South Africans of Dutch Decent

White South African English-Spoken by White South African of British decent

Black South African English –spoken by many black south Africans

Indian South African English

Cape Flat English- spoken Mix race south Africans in the Cape Flat area

(Kamper,2014)

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