DIALECT & ACCENT RESOURCE COMPILATION

(check this out for a collection of video and audio sources to help you prepare an accent)

 

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USEFUL SITES FOR LEARNING THE IPA

 

Voiced IPA Chart

 

IPA Keyboard (in browser)

 

IPA for Beginners Video Series 

 

MRI IPA Chart

 

The Pink Trombone

 

How to Remember the IPA Vowel Chart

 

Quick IPA Refresher Lessons

 

Voice and Speech Teacher Association
 

IPA Quizzes on Sporcle

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ARTICLES

 

Is there such a thing as General American?

 

Teaching yourself a dialect - Backstage

 

Analysis of the “Dark L”

 

What’s the difference between ‘General American’, ‘Standard American’, and Midatlantic?
 

Why Do Dwarves Sound Scottish and Elves Sound Like Royalty?

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Why Linguists Are Fascinated by the American Jewish Accent

 

BLOGS AND RESOURCE COMPILATIONS

 

John Wells’ blog, father of the Lexical Set

 

DialectCoaches.com blog

 

IDEA (International Dialects of English Archive)

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDES

 

​The Cambridge Online Dictionary

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Wiktionary

 

Forvo

 

Youglish

 

How j’ say?

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BOOKS

 

Accents and Dialects for Stage and Screen by Paul Meier

 

Speaking with Skill by Dudley Knight

 

The Eloquent Shakespeare by Gary Logan

 

Accents of English series by John Wells

 

Speak with Distinction by Edith Skinner

 

Speaking American by Josh Katz
 

 

APPS

 

IPA Keyboard for iPhone

 

Interactive IPA for iPhone by Paul Meier

 

IPA Keyboard for Android

 

The Real Accent App