The difference between British pronunciation and American pronunciation

1. Place of pronunciation

1. For British pronunciation, the pronunciation position is in the front half of the mouth

Try to pronounce "ah" and feel how it feels to pronounce it with the first half of your mouth.

2. For American pronunciation, the pronunciation position is in the middle of the mouth

Try reading "二" and feel the feeling of pronouncing it in the middle of the mouth. The Australian accent places the pronunciation in the back half of the mouth.

2. Are there any rhophones

Like ar, er, ur, ir, or, American pronunciation is followed by an r sound, which is a retroflex sound, while British pronunciation There is no formal pronunciation.

3. Intonation

The intonation of English pronunciation is slightly flat, and the process of tone change is mostly not steep; the intonation of American pronunciation changes greatly, and the process of tone change is often steep.

4. The degree of continuity of pronunciation in certain places

American pronunciation basically pronounces the places together, while British pronunciation sounds a bit frustrated.

For example: could not do.

5. The pronunciation of the consonant d

The British pronunciation sounds a bit angry. This is because the tip of the tongue is placed between the upper and lower rows of teeth when pronouncing English. For American pronunciation, push the upper gums.

Extended information:

The K.K. phonetic alphabet is a type of International Phonetic Alphabet. Some people mistakenly believe that the International Phonetic Alphabet is the phonetic notation for British pronunciation, while K.K. is for American pronunciation. This statement makes the International Phonetic Symbol seem to be only used to mark British sounds; and the K.K. Phonetic Symbol is not considered the International Phonetic Symbol. Actually this is not correct.

The International Phonetic Alphabet, as its name suggests, is designed to mark the pronunciations of various international languages. Many linguists make partial modifications to the International Phonetic Alphabet to mark the languages ??they study, so there are many types of International Phonetic Alphabets.

Although the K.K. phonetic symbol is a type of International Phonetic Symbol, it can only be used to mark American pronunciation.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia_American English