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THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH SOUNDS.
Author(s) -
SWEET HERRY
Publication year - 1874
Publication title -
transactions of the philological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-968X
pISSN - 0079-1636
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-968x.1874.tb00881.x
Subject(s) - philology , citation , linguistics , computer science , history , library science , political science , philosophy , law , feminism
The present paper focuses on RP Pronunciations. The modern style of RP is an accent often taught to non-native speakers learning British English. Like all accents, RP has changed with time. The change in RP may be observed in the home of “BBC English”. The BBC accent of the 1950s is distinctly different from today‟s accent.