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Accent & Dialect Resources
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- Books in the Library
- Find Dictionaries in HOMER (Library Catalog)
- Web Resources
Audio & Visual Resources in the Library
- Coming soon: David's Stern's Acting With
An Accent. (CDs)One-hour CDs with manuals cover lilt, stress, resonance, and pronunciation.
Books in the Library
- Accents: A Manual for Actors. By Robert Blumenfeld. PN 2071.F6 B48 2002 (also 1999) Music Library
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Accents and Dialects for Stage and Screen: An Instruction Manual for 24 Accents and Dialects Commonly Used by English-speaking Actors. By Paul Meier. Oversize PN 2071.F6 M45 2008 and compact disc MCD ADSC v.1-3 (ask for discs at circulation desk) in Music Library
- American Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers. By L. Herman and M. S. Herman. PN 2071.F6 H39 1997 Music Library (also Babbidge Library)
- Foreign Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors,
and Writers. By L. Herman and M. S. Herman.
PN 2071.F6 H4 1997 Music Library
- Monologues in Dialect for Young Actors. Edited by K. M. Hill. PN 2080 .M5473 2002 Music Library
- More Stage Dialects. By J. Blunt. PN 2071.F6 B52 1994 Music Library Oversize (see also cassette at CTAPE MSD v. 1-2 Music Library Circulation Desk)
- Play Index. Babbidge & Music/Drama Ref Z 5781 .P53 (several volumes)
- Scenes in Dialect for Young Actors. Edited by K. M. Hill. PN 2080 .S265 2002 Music Library
Find Dictionaries in HOMER (the Library Catalog)
To find foreign language or regional dictionaries (which may include pronunciations), do a Keyword search in HOMER as follows:
"[desired language] language" dictionaries English
Example: "french language" dictionaries english
finds French/English and English/French dictionaries
To find older pronouncing dictionaries in HOMER, do a Keyword search on pronouncing dictionaries. You can also try [desired language] languages pronunciation. Also see the Vocal Music page for diction guides.
Example: pronouncing dictionaries finds the following titles:
- A Concise Pronouncing Dictionary of British and American English by J. Windsor Lewis. PE 1137 .L43 1972 Babbidge Library.
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names: Pronunciations for More than 23,000 Proper Names, Selected for Currency, Frequency, or Difficulty of Pronunciation. PE 1137 .P82 1993 Babbidge Reference (Library Use Only)
- Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words: A Guide from A to Zounds. By Dale F. Coye. PR 3081 .C87 1998 Babbidge Reference (Library Use Only)
- Shakespeare's Names: A Pronouncing Dictionary. By Helge Kökeritz. PR 3081 .K57 Babbidge Library
Web Resources
- Dialects & Accents (VASTA)
- International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA)
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