Speech Patterns: Suprasegmental/Paralinguistic Features
Speech Patterns: Suprasegmental/Paralinguistic Features
Speech Patterns: Suprasegmental/Paralinguistic Features
Suprasegmental/Paralinguistic Features
American English
Australian English
British English
Canadian English
Indian English
World Englishes Irish English
New Zealand English
Scottish English
Spanglish
Welsh English
Zimbabwean English
Pronunciation
Accent
Dialect
Idiolect
Speech Patterns Stress
Intonation
Pauses and Hesitation Markers
Pace
Volume
The way in which a word or a language is spoken
British Accents:
• Geordie
Accent • Cockney
• Welsh
• Midland
• TOWIE
• Estuary
TOWIE Accent
A dialect is a form of a language/linguistic variety that
is specific to a particular region or group
Dialect Someone from the East Coast might say, “What’s poppin’?”
Someone from the South might say,” How’r y’ll?”
In Standard English, one could say "I haven't got any change".
In a non-standard dialect, this sentence might be, "I ain't got
no change".
An individual's distinctive and unique use of language,
including speech. This unique usage encompasses
vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
Idiolect President George H.W. Bush say ‘’buhfore” instead of “before”
Some may be pronouncing Aunt as “Ont”
How can you forget actress Meera’s “Aaf Course” instead “of course”!
Mark of Stress
Types of Stress
It is the music of languages: the rise and fall