Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part Two)

Dialect coach Erik Singer once again takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America.

Erik, along with a host of other linguists and language experts, takes a look at some of the most interesting and distinct accents around the country.

Host: Erik Singer Director: Alice Roth Producer: Alyssa Marino & Erik Singer DP: Charlie Jordan Production Manager: Morgan Winters Editor: Estan Esparza Post Production Manager: Nick Ascanio Head of Programming for WIRED: Chris Conti Linguists: Nicole Holliday, Megan Figuero, Sunn m’Cheaux, & Kalina Newmark Dialect demonstrations: Amani Dorn Oklahoma Indeginous Accent demonstration courtesy of Dennis Sixkiller Miami English Demonstration courtesy of Christopher Mendoza Native Lakota Accent Demonstration courtesy of Reg Charging Special thanks to: Pamela Vanderway Eliza Simpson James N.

Stanford Nacole Walker Justin McBride Zachary Cooper Reg Charging International Dialects of English Archive The Language & Life Project Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina Dr. Walt Wolfram For more reading and resources check out: The American Dialect Society: https://www.americandialect.org/ Dictionary of American Regional English and Field Recordings: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AAmerLangs Indigenous North American accents: https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2017/03/06/how-rez-accents-strengthen-native-identity/ https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/native-american-accents https://indigenousaccents.info.yorku.ca/resources/ African American Language: https://oraal.uoregon.edu/ New York Latino English: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~mnewman/Site/NYLE.html Appalachian English https://artsandsciences.sc.edu/appalachianenglish/ North Carolina accent and dialect variation: https://talkintarheel.com/ Learning the tools and skills needed to be good at teaching or doing accents: http://ktspeechwork.org Language variation and education: https://charityhudleymallinson.com/resources/secondaryenglish/ Language discrimination and racism: https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-statement-race Lots of accents: https://www.dialectsarchive.com/ https://www.pinterest.com/dialectcoaches/_created/ https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/sohp https://storycorps.org/ http://accent.gmu.edu/ https://visualaccentdialectarchive.com//