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Uniformity and Variability in the Indian English Accent Caroline R. Wiltshire (University of Florida)

Uniformity and Variability in the Indian English Accent By Caroline R. Wiltshire (University of Florida)

Uniformity and Variability in the Indian English Accent by Caroline R. Wiltshire (University of Florida)


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This Element synthesizes research over the past fifty years and adds to it, focusing on selected features of consonants, vowels, and suprasegmentals (stress, intonation, rhythm) to understand the characteristics of Indian English accents and sources of its uniformity and variability.

Uniformity and Variability in the Indian English Accent Summary

Uniformity and Variability in the Indian English Accent by Caroline R. Wiltshire (University of Florida)

The sounds of Indian English are distinct and recognizable to outsiders, while insiders perceive variations in how English has developed in this large diverse population. What characteristics mark the unity? Which are clues to a speaker's origins or identity? This Element synthesizes research over the past fifty years and adds to it, focusing on selected features of consonants, vowels, and suprasegmentals (stress, intonation, rhythm) to understand the characteristics of Indian English accents and sources of its uniformity and variability. These accent features, perceptible by humans and discoverable by computational approaches, may be used in expressing identity, both local and pan-Indian.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Linguistic Situation in India; 3. Consonants; 4. Vowels; 5. Suprasegmentals; 6. Variation: Perception(s) and Attitudes; 7. Conclusions, Appendix, References.

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NLS9781108823272
9781108823272
1108823270
Uniformity and Variability in the Indian English Accent by Caroline R. Wiltshire (University of Florida)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2020-12-17
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