Dialect, accent
& ipa resources
DIALECT & ACCENT RESOURCE COMPILATION
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GENERAL USEFUL WEBSITES
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International Phonetic Association’s Voice IPA Chart
TypeIt - In Browser IPA Keyboard
International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA)
Speech Accent Archive
Visual Accent and Dialect Archive (VADA)
The British Library Accents and Dialects Bank
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Story Corps
SeeingSpeech.com (IPA Charts with MRI Imaging)
The Pink Trombone (Artificial Speech Synthesis)
Voice and Speech Teacher Association (VASTA)
BOOKS
Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen by Paul Meier
Accents of English (various volumes) by John Wells
Acting with an Accent (various volumes) by David Alan Stern
The Eloquent Shakespeare by Gary Logan (pronunciation guide)
Experiencing Speech: A Skills Based Panlingual Approach to Actor Training by Andrea Caban, Julie Pho, Jeffrey Parker
Gillian Lane Plescia’s accents “For The Actor” series (various volumes)
The Joy of Phonetics and Accents by Louis Colaianni
Lexical Sets for Actors by Eric Armstrong
Longman Pronunciation Dictionary by J.C. Wells (pronunciation guide)
Phonetic Symbol Guide by Geoffrey K. Pullum and William A. Ladusaw
Speaking with Skill by Dudley Knight
Speak with Distinction by Edith Skinner
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ONLINE PRONUNCIATION GUIDES
The Cambridge Online Dictionary
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APPS
Interactive IPA for iPhone by Paul Meier
BLOGS AND RESOURCE COMPILATIONS
Scott Alan Moffitt’s & Krista Scott’s Dialect and Accent Resources
John Wells’ blog, father of the Lexical Set
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ARTICLES & VIDEO ESSAYS
How to Remember the IPA Vowel Chart
How To Learn a Dialect, According to a Voice Coach
Is There a Place in America Where People Speak With Neutral Accents?
What’s the difference between ‘General American’, ‘Standard American’, and Midatlantic?
Why Linguists Are Fascinated by the American Jewish Accent
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How to Pronounce the L Sound: Light L vs. Dark L
How dialect coaches put the accent on performance
Why Do Dwarves Sound Scottish and Elves Sound Like Royalty?
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A London Accent from the 14th to the 21st Centuries
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