least three m ajor speech areas in the USA: 1)
the Eastern type of
pronunciation; 2) the Southern type; 3) the Western general
American type. The Eastern type
is spoken in New England
(Maine), N ew H ampshire, the eastern parts o f Verm ont, M assa
chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and in a part o f the Atlantic
sea-board, i.e. a part of the N ew York state. This type is also
called Eastern New England speech. In New England and in the
Boston State Am erican English have some com m on features with
RP pronunciation. They are found in such words like
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: