Uzbekistan state university of world languages english language faculty №2 Theme: Specific features of British English pronunciations

UZBEKISTAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF WORLD LANGUAGES   ENGLISH LANGUAGE FACULTY №2 Theme: Specific features of British English pronunciations  

Scientific advisor: Group: xt-2 2025

Trigulova Tatyana Alexsandorovna Name of the student:

Fayziboyeva Sarvinoz

 

 

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The object: of the research is to investigateate features of British English pronunciation.

The subject: of the given research is to reveal the theme of pronunciation of British English.

This course paper is about the types of English pronunciation, their history and similarities and differences between them.

English languages can be categorized in various ways. The most usual differentiation is the regional classification. It is common knowledge that e.g. the North American English differs from the English in Britain or the Irish English.

 If we speak in terms of pronunciation differences, as in the North American English and the `typical´ British English, we speak of different accents. If the focus is on different grammatical features or vocabulary, we call it a dialect of English. If all three factors, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, are considered, the term variety is used . Different varieties exist, for example, in Scotland, Ireland, North America, England, New Zealand or Australia etc.

The orthoepic norm of the English language is generally considered to be “Received Pronunciation” (RP), though, as many scholars state, it is not the only orthoepic norm current in present-day Britain. RP is a way of pronouncing British English that is often considered to be the standard accent. Received Pronunciation (RP) appeared about a century ago. It is mainly based on Southern English Pronunciation, but it has developed its own features which have given it a non-regional character, i.e. there is no district in Britain to which it is native

The main changes are as follows:
1. The diphthongization of the RP/i:/ and /u:/ which in final position are often pronounced with a glide (e.g. “see”, “who”).
2. The centering of the former /ou/ to /əu/, which “is perhaps the most striking of the changes which have affected the pronunciation of British English in recent times”
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British linguist D. Jones says that the vowel in the first weak syllable of such words as “November” had three possible pronunciations
–the recommended /ou/ (/nou`vembə/),
shortened monophthongal form /o/ (/no`vembə/), or,
in rapid speech /ə/ (/nə`vembə/).
D. Abercrombie divides English people by the way they talk into three groups:
(1) RP speakers of Standard English (those who speak Standard English without any local accent);
(2) non-RP speakers of Standard English (those who speak Standard English with a regional accent);
(3) Dialect speakers.
English is spoken not only in the British Isles. It is the national language in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and of a great part of the population in Canada. Each of those national has its own orthoepic norm which exists a long side of regional types and numerous dialects. There are three main types of AE pronunciation, the Eastern, the Southern, and the General British type.
The G.A. type of pronunciation is considered to be the standard pronunciation of British English. It is used by the majority of Britishs, and is, therefore, less regional, where as the other two types of pronunciation are easily detected as either Eastern or Southern. G. A. is used by radio and TV in the USA.
The development of the English language in Australia has its own history, which is a comparatively short one: less than two centuries
Australian speech, as well as Australian pronunciation has always been subject to debate, the oldest argument being whether Australians speak cockney.
Remarks were also made that there existed “good speech” and “Cockney” in Australian. However, trustworthy evidence of what happened during the first generation or two of Australian history is lacking.
Within Australian pronunciation traditionally are distinguished three well-defined varieties: Cultivated Australian (C Aus), General Australian (G Aus) and Broad Australian (B Aus).
CONCLUSION
Any language may have its literary or orthoepic norm, regional types and dialects. Dealing with the English and the types of English pronunciation we mean the use of English all over the world where the English language is accepted as the state language. English is spoken not only in the British Isles which has its Northern, Scottish and Irish type of pronunciations, in the United States of America, Australia, Canada and many other countries of the world.
The main pronunciation similarities and differences between the types of English pronunciation can be observed in phonemic system, accentual structure, and intonation structure.
Thus, the study of the types of English pronunciation can stated as one of the most interesting and important problems of modern English phonetics.