英语是世界上运用最广泛的语言,英语口音也主要分为三种:英国口音,美国口音和其他口音。在英国范围内说的口音我们都叫英国口音,但实际上英国小小一个岛国,口音也是五花八门的,粗略区别竟也可以达到七种之不同!
1Received Pronunciation标准发音Received Pronunciation is the closest accent to “Standard British” that has ever existed in the UK. Although it originally derives from London English, it is non-regional. The accent emerged from the 18th- and 19th-Century aristocracy, and has remained the “gold standard” ever since.
在英国,从来就不存在“标准英语”一说,与其最接近的就是标准发音了。标准发音发源于伦敦英语,但并不属于地方发音。这种口音源于18、19世纪的英国贵族,自此,就成了发音的“黄金标准”了。
考克尼也许是除了标准发音之外的最有名的英国口音了。考克尼源于伦敦东部,深受当地的其他方言的影响,也与它们有着很多共同特点。3Estuary English河口英语(英国东南部口音)Estuary is an accent derived from London English which has achieved a status slightly similar to “General American” in the US. Features of this accent can be heard around Southeast England, East Anglia, and perhaps further afield.
河口英语口音来源于伦敦英语,现在它在英国的地位有点类似于“通用美国英语”在美国的地位。河口英语口音分布在英格兰东南部,东英吉利地区,更远的地方可能也有分布。4Midlands English中部英语Midlands English is one of the more stigmatized of English dialect groupings. The most famous of these dialects is Brummie.
中部英语在英语方言群中比较有标志性。其中最有名的当属伯明翰口音了。
英格兰中北部包括曼彻斯特、利兹、利物浦等地所说的英语都属于此类。约克郡郊区也有类似的口音。6Welsh English威尔士英语This refers to the accents and dialects spoken in the country of Wales. The speech of this region is heavily influenced by the Welsh language, which remained more widely spoken in modern times than the other Celtic languages.
威尔士英语指在威尔士地区的口音和方言。威尔士语对这里的英语影响很深。而且,威尔士语也是现代社会中使用最广泛的盖尔特语言了。
Welsh is spoken natively in Wales. The Welsh Language Board indicated in 2004 that 611,000 people were able to speak Welsh. Although Welsh is a minority language, support for the language grew during the second half of the 20th century. The Welsh Language Act 1993 and the Government of Wales Act 1998 provide that the Welsh and English languages be treated equally in the public sector.
威尔士语是威尔士地区使用的母语。根据2004年的调查,约有61万人会说威尔士语。尽管这是个小语种,但在20世纪下半叶开始,威尔士语的传承和发展就得到了很大的支持。在1993年和1998年分别通过了两项威尔士语法案,确立了公共部门中威尔士语和英语的同等地位。7Scottish English苏格兰英语This is the broad definition used to describe English as it is spoken in the country of Scotland. Note that Scottish English is different than Scots, a language derived from Northumbrian Old English that is spoken in Scotland as well.
苏格兰英语用以泛指苏格兰地区所说的英语。请注意,苏格兰英语和苏格兰语是不同的。苏格兰语源于诺森伯兰地区的古英语,现在在苏格兰地区人们也在使用(这里所说的苏格兰语指的是在苏格兰地区使用的苏格兰盖尔语,在苏格兰地区,包括电视台、报纸杂志、路名路牌都是用苏格兰盖尔语和英语两种语言来标示的)。
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