Intonation
Compared to RP the intonation group in GA starts at a lower level (like in Russian) and flows within a narrower pitch range . Then it ends with a rise-fall. The final element is very prominent acoustically, and that is where the most important information point is normally located (in 80% of cases).
RP 'What are you 'going to 'do about it ?
GA ' What're you 'gonna "do about it ?
In specialist literature one can often find commentary on specific use of level-rising tones in special questions and statements in American English and also in Northern British English:
What's your,name?
.Bradford.
The linguists explain that the rising tone is directed at the listener (to check if he is following the talk), as was universally established for most languages of the world.
- National Standards
- Regional Standards
- Local Accents
- 2. Major accent types: British and American
- American English lacks the short vowel /o/, it is replaced by a vowel /a:/ which is similar to rp vowel in father:
- The rp vowel /o/ can also be replaced by a long vowel /o:/:
- Consonants
- Word stress
- Intonation
- 3.British regional features
- American regional features
- 5. Social Variation: Social factors and social markers.
- 6. Language change in progress
- Processes almost complete
- Changes well-established,
- Recent innovations