Unit 10 topic activities

Topic 1-Activity 1

Looking at the different dialects across American alone, I am amazed at the amount of dialects there are. America is a HUGE land mass so I can understand why there are somany different dialects. I listened to a bunch of them. I feel some are quite similar in sound. I couldn't really hear the difference between some of them. I notice most of the dialects differ in vowel pronunciation. Another difference is the speed of each dialect. Some speak faster than others. The biggest difference in dialects were the Mexican dialects. There is nosuprise as to why since Englesh isn't L1 to them. The only way I could see the IPA capturing these accents and dialects is simply using the current symbols they have now. I'm certain there is a symbol for every sound each person made in those examples.

Topic 2-Activity 2 Do You Speak American?

These web site go right along with the readings of the unit. Showing differences in dialect based on region, gender, age, education, and even race. It is interesting to see how language fluctuates from area to area. It is also interesting to see one dialect influencing another, possible creating another hybrid of two dialects.