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Hello,
I the last few months I did quite a bit of research on the subject of different English accent (american, australian and british). As a non native speaker, I was interested in what makes up an accent and how to speak with native like accent. I most of the material I read it says that in order to immitate a English accent you have to have the right "point of resonance/placement", which is the place in one's mouth where the sound are created.
The american placement lies in the midle of the mouth while the placement for the standart british RP accent lies in the front of the mouth. Does anybody know more about this subject and more importantly how to achieve a different point of placement?
Thanks
I the last few months I did quite a bit of research on the subject of different English accent (american, australian and british). As a non native speaker, I was interested in what makes up an accent and how to speak with native like accent. I most of the material I read it says that in order to immitate a English accent you have to have the right "point of resonance/placement", which is the place in one's mouth where the sound are created.
The american placement lies in the midle of the mouth while the placement for the standart british RP accent lies in the front of the mouth. Does anybody know more about this subject and more importantly how to achieve a different point of placement?
Thanks