IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveIDEA editors discuss Caribbean voices
Friday, March 1, 2019
For those of you interested in the history, culture, languages, voices, and accents of the Caribbean, we have a treat for you. In the latest episode of IDEA…
Introducing our 105th English subject
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
We’ve just added our 105th English subject to IDEA. He’s a 29-year-old man from Surrey, in southeast England. You can listen to his self-submission and read more about…
Welcome a new Caribbean subject
Thursday, January 31, 2019
We’ve just added our second subject from the Caribbean nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Elizabeth Montoya-Stemann for the submission!
Welcome new Beijing subject
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
We’ve just added a subject from Beijing, China. It’s our third sample from Beijing and our 117th from China. Thanks to Associate Editor Bryn Austin for the submission!
Welcome three new American subjects
Friday, January 4, 2019
Thanks to IDEA Senior Editor Deric McNish and his students (Peter Florian and Mia Taylor), we now have three new American subjects: Michigan 23, Pennsylvania 11, and New…
A podcast on the Australian dialect
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Learn about the history and sounds of the Australian dialect with this month’s In a Manner of Speaking podcast. The January edition, featuring IDEA Founder and Director Paul…
Happy New Year: a look back at 2018
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Happy new year from IDEA! Last year was another productive one for us, with 77 new samples added to the archive. These included the first ever from the…
What is an idiolect?
Saturday, December 1, 2018
We spend most of our time on IDEA cataloguing dialects and accents by geographic area. So how do idiolects fit into our understanding of an individual’s speech patterns?…
New play page: ‘Lysistrata’
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Check out our newest addition to our Play Names & Terms collection: Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. Michael M. Shaw, Professor Emeritus at the University of Kansas, United States, speaks the…
Welcome our 25th German subject
Friday, October 26, 2018
We’ve just added our 25th subject from Germany, a 20-year-old man who has lived his entire life in that country. He’s an excellent example of a very light…
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