From Where You Say It: Feeling Accents and Dialects

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After reading "Digital Dive: From Where You Say It: Feeling Accents and Dialects", consider the questions below. Then “submit” your response.

Speaker 1: Ann Richards 1988 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

Speaker 2:

1. Trying to ignore the actual words spoken, which speaker is more appealing to you? Why?

Correct answers will vary. Correct answers should consider that the rate of Richards’s speech is slower, and her ability to vary in volume, pitch, rate, and character make her speech very dynamic. For more help, see Vocalics.

2. In what ways do the speakers’ accents and dialects differ? Do these ways influence how you hear the speech? How?

Correct answers will vary. Correct answers may note that Richards speaks more slowly and with a Southern drawl. She also draws out her vowel sounds, and her speech has more modulation, making it more dynamic. For more help, see Vocalics.