What pronunciation types exist in the usa? The Eastern,the southern and General American English

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Lecture 4

1. 
   What pronunciation types exist in the USA?
   
2. 
   
   

The Eastern ,the southern and General American English

3. 
   What pronunciation type is accepted as literary in the USA?
   
4. 
   
   

General American

5. 
   What difference exist between the distribution of vowel (or consonant ) phonemes in RP and GA?
   

6. 
   What are marked differences in word accentuation between RP and GA?
   
7. 
   EXPLAIN the main features of Canadian pronunciation .
   

8. 
   What do you know about the Australian pronunciation ?
   

Australian English one of the literary national type used since the end of the eighteen century. There are three types of pronunciation in Australia .

1. 
   Educated or Cultural Australian English
   
2. 
   Broad Australian English
   
3. 
   General Australian English
   

7.What main pronunciation features of New Zealand English are known ?

This type of pronunciation has many features in common with RP. The most striking phonetic features of New Zealand English pronunciation are the following:

1. 
   The short vowel /i/ is prolonged in the final unstressed position.
   
2. 
   Unstressed position /i/ becomes e
   
3. 
   Words like dance , chance , glass have two form of pronunciation.
   
4. 
   The diphthong /au/ is substituted by /eau/
   
5. 
   Besides the influence of GA , as in usage of