Which English Accent Is Easiest to Learn, British or American?

Mastering English can be tough for many learners. And choosing the right accent can add an extra challenge. But which English accent is easiest to learn: British or American? The answer is not as ...
Philadelphia Mag

Of Course There’s a Philadelphia Accent in American Sign Language

When local writer JoAnna Loviglio described the Philadelphia accent for the Washington Post a couple years ago, she summed it up this way: With apologies to comedian Jeff Foxworthy, you might be a ...
WHDH

Boston accent ranked ‘most annoying’ in America

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Boston accent has been ranked the “most annoying” accent in America, according to a new study. The language learning platform Preply says it recently surveyed 2,000 Americans to ...
Science Daily

Exposure to accents helps children learn words

• University of Freiburg study on vocabulary acquisition uses novel game-based design • Study results: Children of primary school age can benefit from long-term experience with multiple accents when ...
Science Daily

What Makes An Accent In A Foreign Language Lighter? More Empathy And Political Identification With Native Speakers

The more empathy one has for another, the lighter the accent will be when speaking in a second language, according to new research. "In addition to personal-affective factors, it has been found that ...
IndieWire

Alicia Vikander on Learning Accents in a Foreign Language and Her Favorite Robots

It would behoove any cinephile to learn Alicia Vikander’s name, and learn it quickly. The Swedish actor first hit the states in Joe Wright’s 2012 “Anna Karenina” and since then she’s been working ...
The Conversation

Don’t be afraid to pass your first language, and accent, to your kids. It could be their superpower

Chloé Diskin-Holdaway receives funding from The Irish Research Council, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language and the University of Melbourne. Paola Escudero receives funding from ...