Sökning: "rhoticity"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade ordet rhoticity.

  1. 1. The Portrayal of the Irish English Accent in Critical Role : From Mollymauk to Lucien, from Taliesin Jaffe to Matthew Mercer

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Författare :Jacob Pettersson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Irish English; phonetics; acting; Critical Role; accents;

    Sammanfattning : The study aims to investigate the differences between Taliesin Jaffe and Matthew Mercer’s portrayals of a standard Irish English accent in Critical Role in their respective performances of the character Mollymauk/Lucien. Using previous studies on Irish English pronunciation, the presence of each established feature was investigated to find how authentically the actors succeed to produce the accent. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Gende(r) in the Boston Accent: A linguistic analysis of Boston (r) from a gender perspective

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Författare :Jody Fish; [2018]
    Nyckelord : r ; Boston; r-dropping; r-deletion; careful speech; casual speech; non-rhoticity; rhoticity; gender; standardized speech;

    Sammanfattning : The Boston accent is one of the most famous accents in the United States and is known for its non-rhoticity, which essentially means that Bostonians do not normally pronounce their r’s after vowels. While most Boston locals would tell you to ‘pahk the cah ova hea’ when you arrive in the city, not every Bostonian has the same level of non-rhoticity; this variation is due to a number of different factors, but arguably one of the most interesting factors, which this paper focuses on, is gender. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A Sociophonetic Analysis of the Role of Cultural Identification in L2 English Speech Production

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Jaana Kalev; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Rhoticity; sociophonetics; social network theory; study abroad; cultural identification.;

    Sammanfattning : Research in the relationship between second language (L2) production and study abroad has largely focused on establishing a connection between exchange studies and the success rate of second language acquisition. This Bachelor's thesis investigates L2 production by studying L2 English speakers' attitudes regarding the target language culture in relation to their production of a regionally typical phoneme by formulating the research question “How does cultural identification with the target language environment influence L2 phonetic production in the L1 language community?” in hopes of contributing to sociophonetic studies. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Defining Britain's Most Appealing Voice : An Accent Profile of Sir Sean Connery

    Kandidat-uppsats, Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Christopher Hill; [2007]
    Nyckelord :Scottish Standard English; Received Pronunciation; Connery; accent; formant; Edinburgh; rhoticity;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this paper is to explore the features that combine to make up the distinctive accent of the actor Sir Sean Connery. This study outlines the subject’s basic vowel system and compares it to data collected on the vowel systems of Received Pronunciation (RP) and Scottish Standard English (SSE) from previous research (Stuart-Smith 1999, Hawkins & Midgely 2005, Fisk 2006). LÄS MER