Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik, along with a host of other linguists and language experts, takes a look at some of the most interesting and distinct accents around the country. <br /><br />Host: Erik Singer<br />Director: Alice Roth<br />Producer: Alyssa Marino & Erik Singer<br />Production Manager: Morgan Winters<br />Editor: Brady Jackson and Justin Sloan<br />Post Production Manager: Nick Ascanio<br />Head of Programming for WIRED: Chris Conti<br />Linguists & Language Experts: Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, & Kalina Newmark <br />Dialect demonstrations: Amani Dorn<br />NYC accent demonstration courtesy of La Tasha Stephens<br />Latinx Light L demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English Archive<br />DC accent demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English Archive<br />North Carolina accent demonstrations courtesy of The Language & Life Project<br />Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina<br />Special thanks to:<br />Reg Charging<br />Zachary Cooper<br />Justin McBride<br />Eliza Simpson<br />James N. Stanford<br />Pamela Vanderway<br />Nacole Walker<br />Dr. Walt Wolfram<br />International Dialects of English Archive<br />The Language & Life Project<br />Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina<br /><br />The American Dialect Society:<br />https://www.americandialect.org/<br />Dictionary of American Regional English and Field Recordings:<br />https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AAmerLangs<br />Indigenous North American accents:<br />https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2017/03/06/how-rez-accents-strengthen-native-identity/<br />https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/native-american-accents<br />https://indigenousaccents.info.yorku.ca/resources/<br />African American Language:<br />https://oraal.uoregon.edu/<br />New York Latino English:<br />http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~mnewman/Site/NYLE.html<br />Appalachian English<br />https://artsandsciences.sc.edu/appalachianenglish/<br />North Carolina accent and dialect variation:<br />https://talkintarheel.com/<br />Learning the tools and skills needed to be good at teaching or doing accents:<br />http://ktspeechwork.org<br />Language variation and education:<br />https://charityhudleymallinson.com/resources/secondaryenglish/<br />Language discrimination and racism:<br />https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-statement-race<br />Other sources for accents:<br />https://www.dialectsarchive.com/<br />https://www.pinterest.com/dialectcoaches/_created/<br />https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/sohp<br />https://storycorps.org/<br />http://accent.gmu.edu/<br />https://visualaccentdialectarchive.com//
