A collection of documents I created for my American accent studies?

[Zoli]

Folder Name: AmericanAccent

Is this a grammatically correct caption:
Caption: A collection of documents I created for my American accent studies.

I need to describe the content of the folder briefly in the caption.

 

[probus]

Gramatically it is fine.

The most important thing to ask yourself is always "Who am I writing for?"

Who, besides yourself, might be reading your folder title?

 

[tedmc]

I think "a collection of" is redundant.

 

[Tdol]

The are many possibilities- deleting A collection of is possible, using The too, etc. It depends on what the person behind the folder wants t say. Using collection suggests that it is a serious body of work to me.

 

[Zoli]

Thank you. I removed "A collection of."

Documents I created for my American accent studies.

The problem is that I have pictures and audio files as well in the folder. The word "Document" is not the best one to use.
I was thinking about using the words "materials" or "resources". Do these words work?

Resources I created for my American accent studies.

 

[emsr2d2]

Did you actually create the resources yourself, or are they pictures and audio files that you found elsewhere and put in your folder?

 

[Zoli]

I created all myself.

 

[emsr2d2]

I created them all myself.

As probus said, it really depends on whether someone else is going to look at the file. If you're just giving it a caption to remind yourself what it is, you can shorten it further, to something like "American accent studies - resources".

 

[Zoli]

It's a public folder. Thank you for your suggestion. I appreciate it. I wanted to made it clear I created them or I am the author.

 

[tedmc]

A resource is an asset which you acquire and keep for a useful purpose. I wouldn't call the documents you created through your research work a resource. Since the results of your research are in various forms, how about calling them "research materials" ("research papers" if there are only documents)?

 

[emsr2d2]

They're resources for the other people who are going to be given access to this public folder.

 

[Zoli]

A resource is an asset which you acquire and keep for a useful purpose. I wouldn't call the documents you created through your research work a resource. Since the results of your research are in various forms, how about calling them "research materials" ("research papers" if there are only documents)?

1. American accent studies. My research materials.
2. American accent studies – my research materials.

In the second one version I used the "en dash." Does that work?

 

[probus]

A dash works for me.

 

[emsr2d2]

A dash works for me but that's an em dash.

 

[tedmc]

I think the caption is too short to use a dash. I prefer "research materials for my American accent studies".
There is still the ambiguity about the American accent being yours, and not of the Americans in general. So, it may be better to write "research material for my studies on the American accent".

 

[emsr2d2]

I think the caption is too short to use a dash. I prefer "research materials for my American accent studies".
There is still the ambiguity about the American accent being yours, and not of the Americans in general. So, it may be better to write "research material for my studies on the American accent".

In general, captions should be as short as possible and omit all unnecessary words. It's certainly not too short for a dash. I have thousands of files on my computer related to my side business, and they are mostly either three or four words long, with a dash in the relevant place. Your final suggestion is, in my opinion, far too long for a computer file name (or even for a title written on the cover of a paper file).

 

[Tarheel]

There is not just one American accent just as there is not just one British accent.

 

[Zoli]

I think the caption is too short to use a dash. I prefer "research materials for my American accent studies".
There is still the ambiguity about the American accent being yours, and not of the Americans in general. So, it may be better to write "research material for my studies on the American accent".

Can I use something like: "Support material for my studies on the American accent", "Helping material for my studies on the American accent" or just "Material for my studies on the American accent"? It's not truly research work. It's a description for a folder, not the name of the folder itself, so the length is not an issue.

 

[Tarheel]

All of those are fine.

 

[Zoli]

All of those are fine.

Thank you.

Support material for my studies on the American accent.

Can something be called support material that is created by myself? like a document with minimal pairs or an IPA chart.