Welcome to the Vowels In America (VIA ... determined by how the listener speaks — his dialect or her accent. In other words, the same sound is articulated in different ways depending on where a ...

In the mid-20 th century, the Inland North accent was affected by what’s called the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, which changed the way certain vowel sounds are pronounced unbeknownst to the ...

Accents, in whatever language ... Kuhl has discovered that 6- to 8-month-olds clearly hear and respond to the vowel and consonant sounds in both their own and other languages; 6-month-olds ...

“Americans often listen to vowels to judge how much of an accent someone has,” Campbell-Kibler said. For example, some people may pronounce “pen” so that it sounds to others like they are ...

And if any sound comes before the vowel, it is either an “h” sound ... of “better,” if you say it with an extreme cockney accent.) It’s not unusual, of course, for languages to have ...

He cautions that he hasn’t done a real computer analysis in which he would, say, measure the length and volume of vowel sounds, but his ear for North Carolina accents is still pretty good.

However, accents from Liverpool and Newcastle were a lot more distinct. The researchers also analysed individual vowel sounds, and compared them to traditional descriptions of different northern ...

Accents in written French aren't just weird squiggles that can be ignored - they give you vital clues on the word's ...

To study the accent, Portman hired Neta Riskin ... While American English has an array of vowel sounds, the Israeli vowel range is limited. So when Americans pronounce a Hebrew word that features ...