VARIETIES OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH IN PHONETIC
Keywords:
British English, American English, pronunciation, phonetics, accent variation, Received Pronunciation (RP), General American (GA), rhoticity, vowel differences, consonant articulation, stress and intonation, International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).Abstract
This article highlights the phonetic differences between British and American English from the main English dialects. Although these 2 dialects have deep roots, that is, linguistic origins, they have many different situations in terms of pronunciation. The main purpose of this article is to identify and analyze the reasons for the above differences. First of all, it introduces the concept of phonetics, transcription, and speech sounds. Another goal of this research is to encourage English language learners to distinguish dialects from each other and to inform them about pronunciation methods in this language
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