Linguistics' Speech Accent Archive Featured

The Linguistics program's Speech Accent Archive, which records and analyzes the accents of English Speakers around the globe, is featured on WAMU's Metro Connection.  The Speech Accent Archives features speakers of English with first languages from Afrikaans to Zulu, as well as the accents of many native English speakers.  The site receives over a million hits a month.

 

The story starts at :40 in the program.

 

Steven Weinberger, inventor of the Speech Accent Archive
Steven Weinberger, inventor of the Speech Accent Archive