American Pronunciation Standard

Introduction

Basic Part

1. The Problem of the American Pronunciation Standard

2. The American Pronunciation Standard:

a) the system of American English consonants;

b) the system of General American English vowels;

c) Eastern American English;

d) Southern American English.

Inference


List of Works Consulted

American English is characterized by a greater variety of standard norms than RP in Great Britain. In the USA there is no unique standard. American English falls into several regional standards, namely, General American, Eastern American and Southern American which may be described as systems in which common features prevail over differences.
Our work is concerned with the phonetic analysis of the present-day varieties of American pronunciation (national and regional).
So the subject- matter of our work is the phonetic analysis of the present-day varieties of American pronunciation which comprises a description of the concrete phonetic characteristics of the national varieties of American pronunciation including certain deviations from the norm.
The object of the research is the American Pronunciation Standard.
The purpose of our course-paper is to demonstrate different points of view on the problem of the American Pronunciation standard.

Работа на английском языке