IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveNew Mississippi sample added
Friday, October 21, 2016
We’ve just added a new submission from the U.S. state of Mississippi, a 45-year-old female from the Clarksdale area. She’s the sixth subject from that state. Thanks to…
Oral Histories reorganized
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
We’ve just reorganized our Oral Histories page, creating separate pages for each of the four recordings. We’ve also included our three recordings of Holocaust survivors on this revised…
IDEA adds Jamaican sample and Oral History
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier has added a new Jamaican sample and Oral History. Both are recordings of Wyllie Longmore, a well-known English actor and drama-school principal….
Welcome new editor for Japan
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Please welcome new associate editor for Japan, Helen Gent. Helen has just contributed four great samples to the archive. All four contain full phonetic transcriptions. Check them out…
Japanese sample added
Monday, October 3, 2016
A new Japanese sample, IDEA’s 12th, has just been added, thanks to IDEA contributor Helen Gent. It’s notable for its scholarly commentary and also its phonetic transcription of…
New Caribbean country added
Friday, August 26, 2016
IDEA has just added a new country, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Our first sample from that Caribbean island nation is courtesy of Associate Editor Elizabeth Montoya-Stemann. On…
A better IDEA
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
The temporary URLs you might have noticed while browsing the site the last ten days have now been replaced by the usual, official” URLs, which all begin with…
A better IDEA
Saturday, August 13, 2016
We are remodeling the site to make IDEA faster, enabling you to access your favorite pages and sound files instantly. During this transition you see we are using…
Third Papua New Guinea sample added
Thursday, June 2, 2016
We’ve just introduced our third sample from Papua New Guinea, thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Linda Nicholls-Gidley.
‘Master Harold and the Boys’ page added
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
IDEA has just added a page to our Special Collections devoted to the pronunciation of the names from the play Master Harold and the Boys, by Athol Fugard….
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