What is the American accent?
American accent is a combination of three main components: intonation, liaisons, and pronunciation.
Intonation, or speech music, is the sound that you hear when you hear a conversation, but you can not understand what it is all about, because you can’t identify meaning of words and phrases, but you can tell the nationality of the speakers, because every single nationality have their own unique intonation.
The American intonation dictates liaisons and pronunciation. By liaisons I mean word connections or sound units (how these words are come together in the form of phrases or how they are connected to the sound units). Americans do not speak word by word. The individual words are connected to the sound units.
Pronunciation is the spoken sounds of vowels and consonants and different combinations. Pronunciation is not so big deal. If your intonation is close to the intonation of the native speakers, they usually can understand you even if your pronunciation is far from excellent.
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Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) September 26, 2010
Due to overwhelming demand for accent reduction courses, Carolina Speech Services, Inc., (CSS) a Charlotte, NC-based company, is offering free tips on accent modification through its blog: http://modifymyaccent.com/blog
“We’re getting inundated with requests from people wanting us to analyze their accents,” states Karen Bragg, M.SP, CCC-SLP, a speech-language pathologist with CSS. Bragg, who is internationally certified in accent modification training, says the blog will be a free resource with information about accent modification, speech, and language.
“Everyone has an accent, and having an accent really only causes difficulties if others cannot understand you,” states Bragg, a licensed speech therapist with over 20 years of experience. Bragg’s company focuses on helping people with strong accents improve their Standard American Spoken English pronunciation.
The very idea of accent reduction courses is a senstive subject, sometimes met with controversy, as some critics feel that such classes cause people to lose their cultural identities. “Not so,” says Bragg, who has worked with individuals from other countries as well as those from the U.S. with strong dialects. “Our main goal is to help people pronounce words more clearly, and not to transform all the rich aspects of someone’s unique culture,” she continues. “An accent modification class by itself cannot change a person’s culture.”
Regular blog posts will provide general information on pronunciation, American idioms, and much more via video and written updates. Bragg says information on the blog is designed as a general tutorial to educate the public and to help people decide if accent modification is right for them.
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