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Chapter 9

Please note that the labels on each recording (for example, "Chicago English" or "Black English") were provided by the person who made the recording available for you to listen to. Other linguists or individuals may not agree on the description as it stands. The best example of this: you'll note that some recordings are marked "general" American, which is problematic for the same reasons the term "standard" English is problematic.

Audio Examples

Audio

Accent

Chapter

Page #

Online Example Title

URL

Indian English

9

230

International Dialects of English Archive: Dialects and Accents of India

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/india

Mississippi

9

230

International Dialects of English Archive: Dialects of Mississippi

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/mississippi

Appalachian English

9

234

International Dialects of English Archive: Alabama Three (white female, born 1950, farm in NE Alabama)
International Dialects of English Archive: West Virginia One (male, 70s, Crab Apple, WV)
The Speech Accent Archive: English 381

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/alabama-3
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/west-virginia-1
http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail&speakerid=1324

Colombian accent

9

238

International Dialects of English Archive: Dialects and Accents of Colombia

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/colombia

Honduras accent

9

239

The Speech Accent Archive: Spanish 37
The Speech Accent Archive: Spanish 38

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail&speakerid=575
http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail&speakerid=576

Queens

9

239

International Dialects of English Archive: New York Five (white male, Jewish, Queens, born 1947)
International Dialects of English Archive: New York Six (white female, Jewish, Queens, born 1947)
International Dialects of English Archive: New York Eleven (Italian-American male, Brooklyn/Queens, born 1954)

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/new-york-4
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/new-york-11
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/new-york-16

Cuban accent ("Little
Havana")

9

239

International Dialects of English Archive: Dialects and Accents of Cuba

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/cuba

Hawaiian Creole English

9

240

Language Varieties: Kent Sakoda speaks Hawai'i Creole English

http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/sounds/hcesound.html

Standard American English

9

241

International Dialects of English Archive: General American

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/general-american

Filipino accent

9

243

International Dialects of English Archive: Dialects and Accents of The Phillipines

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/philippines

Ugandan accent

9

246

The Speech Accent Archive: Ganda 1
The Speech Accent Archive: Ganda 2

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=detail&speakerid=580
http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=detail&speakerid=1369

Venezuela accent

9

251

International Dialects of English Archive: Dialects and Accents of Venezuela

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/venezuela

Palastinian accent

9

252

C-SPAN Video Library: Middle East Peace Process (Mustafa Barghouthi)

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/MiddleEastPeaceProcess115

Indian English

9

254

International Dialects of English Archive: Dialects and Accents of India
The Speech Accent Archive: Marathi 1-3

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/india
http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=find&language=marathi

Chinese accent

9

258

International Dialects of English Archive: Dialects and Accents of China

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/china

AAVE

9

260

International Dialects of English Archive: Alabama Four (African-American female, born 1928, Chambers County, AL)
International Dialects of English Archive: Alabama Nine (African-American female, born 1942, Tuskeehee, AL)
International Dialects of English Archive: Alabama Thirteen (African-American male, age 20, Montgomery, AL)
International Dialects of English Archive: Illinois Four (African-American female, age 23, theater student)
International Dialects of English Archive: Kentucky Four (African-American female age 19, Paducah, KY)
International Dialects of English Archive: Louisiana One A (African-American male, born 1972, New Orleans, LA)
International Dialects of English Archive: Louisiana Two (African-American female, born 1985, New Orleans, LA)
International Dialects of English Archive: Louisiana Three (African-American female, born 1985, New Orleans, LA)
International Dialects of English Archive: Michigan Nine (African-American male, born 1984, Detroit, MI, student)
International Dialects of English Archive: Mississippi Three (African-American male, sixties, Grenada, MS)
International Dialects of English Archive: North Carolina Five (African-American male, 30s, Winston-Salem, NC)
International Dialects of English Archive: South Carolina Four (African-American female, born 1986, Florence, SC)
International Dialects of English Archive: Texas Seventeen (African-American male, raised in Texas)

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/alabama-4
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/alabama-9
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/alabama-13
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/illinois-4
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/kentucky-4
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/Louisiana-1a
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/louisiana-2
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/louisiana-3
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/michigan-9
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/mississippi-3
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/north-carolina-5
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/south-carolina-4
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/texas-17

Cambodian-American

9

262

The Speech Accent Archive: Khmer Four (male age 31, born Phnom Penh, Cambodia, lived in the US for 16 yrs)
The Speech Accent Archive: Khmer 1-4

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=detail&speakerid=1087
http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=find&language=khmer

Ukranian accent

9

264

International Dialects of English Archive: Dialects and Accents of Ukraine

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/ukraine

Spanish accent

9

265

The Speech Accent Archive: Spanish 1-88

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=find&language=spanish

 

Discussion question

1. Listen to the clips that provide examples of the accents mentioned in Chapter 9. What do you think about these accents being used in the workplace? Do you think there are certain accents that should not be allowed in certain occupations? Why do you feel the way you do?


Videos

“Cheryl Cole Dropped from X Factor US”
BBC News, 26 May, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13561427

This video clip provides material for the discussion of accent discrimination in the workplace.

Discussion question

1. What do you think of Cheryl Cole’s accent? Do you think it would be difficult for American audiences to understand? She may not have been dismissed from the show because of her accent, but if she was, do you think that it would be the television station’s right to terminate her on account of her accent?

Further Resources

Munro, M. (2003) A Primer on Accent Discrimination in the Canadian Context. TESL Canada Journal 20(2): 38–51.

Piller, I. (in press). Multilingualism and Social Exclusion. In M. Martin-Jones, A. Blackledge and A. Creese (Eds.) Handbook of Multilingualism. London: Routledge. (accessed June 6, 2011) http://www.languageonthemove.com/downloads/PDF/piller_in_press_social_inclusion.pdf.

Segrest Purkiss, L., Perrewe, P., Gillespie, T., Mayes, B., and Ferris, G. (2006). Implicit Sources of Bias in Employment Interview Judgments and Decision. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 101(2): 152–167.


Links

“Language Discrimination in the Workplace”
Funkhouser, Vegosen, Liebman & Dunn  Ltd.
http://www.fvldlaw.com/?t=40&an=916&format=xml

“Language Rights: Workplace Rights FAQ”
Mass English Plus Coalition
http://www.massenglishplus.org/content/Language_Rights/Workplace_Rights/Workplace.html

Mass English Plus Coalition
http://www.massenglishplus.org/


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