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Everyone has an Accent Apart from Me
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Question one. A person will feel they do not have an accent due the fact they belong to an identical group who pronounce words the same way. This perception is more on where one belongs and how it sounds to talk like one of the group members than on the speech itself. One being in an environment where they fit and belong dialectically and in an accent, the fact they would claim not to have an accent. When an individual say they don’t have an accent they expect this to be perceived, that you know where are how they grew up, and such aspects that cause the difference in the way we sound.Question two. Co-construction of reality is a phenomenon in us that directs us to constructing agreeing with a particular group and fitting them with similar sounds. This psychological process makes us stereotypical to the accent we consider normal, and we quickly sense a strange accent. This perception is the one that leads to believing that we do not have an accent. This belief creates to us a feeling we are part of the sound in the circle around and our sound is the suitable example of typical sound (Bauer, Laurie & Trudgill 21).Question 3. Vowels, consonants, and intonations are basics of the language. We use the pronunciation of this and the voice quality to judge the presence of accent in a speaker. When he or she utter a vowel we relate to what we have heard of it to distinguish if they fit in our memorized sounds, then use that memorized evidence confirm their accent.

Differences in accent can cause confusion in various English dialects in the way they come out of the speaker. This disorder occurs when vowels bring out varying perceptions in two different dialects say American and Scot English. An American would appear to say jar or jug when intend to say jog to a Scot and a Scot would sound like saying Joan when they intend to mean John. This case makes it create a two-way confusion.Question four. It is hard to distinguish accents in languages that are new to us because of various reasons. It is evident that for one to discern different accents in a language they have to understand clearly the vowel and consonant. This bit is clearly unlikely to someone who is getting to familiarize him or herself with the language for the first time. When encountered with a new language one is unable to get the deep level of the language to be in a position to classify and clarify accents of the language.Question five. About my accent, I would say looking at me and using what I am reading in this myth book. I have a distinct accent of English and from the lessons I am getting I agree that do have an accent but not to the group of people around me. They also know that they lack emphasis amongst themselves, but they are people who have the accent but in the group. Previously I thought there was a classification of accent like a grave accent but after this read, I now understand this relates to voice quality, not accent. My classes and the type of courses I take I would also say have to the best level affect my way of speaking (Bauer, Laurie & Trudgill 21).

Works Cited
Bauer, Laurie, and Peter Trudgill. Language Myths. London: Penguin Books, 1998. Print.