Learning on ScreenSounds Familiar? Accents and Dialects of the UK
- Synopsis
- This site captures and celebrates the diversity of spoken English in the second half of the twentieth century. It includes 71 5-minute audio extracts and over 600 short audio clips chosen from two collections of the British Library Sound Archive: the Survey of English Dialects and the Millennium Memory Bank. The recordings illustrate varieties of English usage across the UK and how the language has changed over time. The website features interactive maps, transcripts and suggestions for research activities.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2007
- Year of production
- 2006
- Subjects
- English language and literature
- Keywords
- dialects; English language
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Production Company
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Distributor
- Name
British Library Learning
- learning@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/learning/index.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7797
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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