Questions tagged [accent]
Questions related to accent, i.e. the characteristics of pronunciation (typically in a foreign language) that is particular to an individual language user or a group of language users. This tag is not intended for other meanings of the term "accent".
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What age group should a 17-year-old man imitate to acquire a General American Accent?
I am a 17-year-old male.
I want to learn to speak a general American accent by imitating native speakers with this accent.
What age group should I be imitating, so I don't sound weird? Should I ...
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If you don't speak your native language (e.g. Spanish) can you lose your native accent?
I am practising several foreign languages, i.e. Japanese, Korean, Standard Chinese and Russian (I am A1 in the first three) and my question is what will happen if I don't speak my native language (...
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How can I improve my accent?
I can hear that I have some sort of non-native accent, but I just can't identify what's making me sound different. Is it the intonation and word stress? Are there certain words or sounds that I'm not ...
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Which American accent to learn for differentiating the most words
Like in many countries, the USA has many different dialects and accents including the General American accent. Several years ago, a group at Harvard did an American dialect survey that further ...
