HOW TO DO ACCENTS
HOW TO DO
ACCENTS
Edda Sharpe & Jan Haydn Rowles
OBERON BOOKS
LONDON
First published in 2007 by Oberon Books Ltd
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Second edition (revised), 2009
Reprinted with corrections and additional sample accent tracks, 2012
Copyright © Jan Haydn Rowles and Edda Sharpe 2007, 2009, 2012
Edda Sharpe and Jan Haydn Rowles are hereby identified as the authors of How to Do Accents in accordance with section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The authors have asserted their moral rights.
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ISBN: 978-1-84002-957-4
Printed by Replika Press PVT Ltd, India
CONTENTS
| Acknowledgements and Thanks | |
| Introduction | |
| How this book came about | |
| What this book is not | |
| What’s in this book | |
| How to use this book | |
| 1: | Get Started |
| Knowing your equipment | |
| Working with a resource recording | |
| Get into the scene | |
| 2: | The Foundations |
| The Zone | |
| The Tone | |
| The Setting | |
| The Direction | |
| Putting it all together | |
| You and the New: Foundations | |
| 3: | The Two Planets |
| What planet are YOU on? | |
| Spotlight on Planet Rhotic | |
| Spotlight on Planet Non-Rhotic | |
| You and the New: The Two Planets | |
| 4: | The Bite |
| The Major Players | |
| R | |
| You and the New: R | |
| L | |
| You and the New: L | |
| H | |
| You and the New: H | |
| NG | |
| You and the New: NG | |
| TH | |
| You and the New: TH | |
| Major Issues | |
| Voice, Place and Manner | |
| You and the New: Voice, Place and Manner | |
| The Glottal Stop | |
| You and the New: The Glottal Stop | |
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