Languages

Question 1

Dialect

Answer 1

• differ in systematic way (grammar, vocabulary, word order, pronunciation)
• regional and social

Question 2

Accent

Answer 2

• pronunciation differences

- native or non-native

Question 3

British

Answer 3

• non-rhotic

= “r” only occurs before a vowel

Question 4

American

Answer 4

• rhotic
  = realize “r” wherever it occurs
• yod-dropping
  = j is lost after alveolar consonants and th (voiceless)
• alveolar flap
  = replaces t+d between a stressed and unstressed vowl

Question 5

German

Answer 5

• r = uvula fricative
• non-rhotic
• final obstruent devoicing
• clear word separation
• glottal stop