Ireland 3

Listen to Ireland 3, a woman in her 20s from Dublin, Ireland. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 20s

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

PLACE OF BIRTH: Dublin, Ireland

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Irish/Caucasian

OCCUPATION: At the time of recording, the subject was a graduate student.

EDUCATION: Ph.d graduate student

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject moved to the United States and earned her master’s degree at the University of Missouri and then began her Ph.d. The years 1997/98 were spent in Berlin working on her dissertation.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Paul Meier

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born in Dublin, Ireland.  I studied French and German for my bachelor’s degree. I got an honor’s degree. I came to the United States in August 1993, where I went to … I went to Mis …Columbia, Missouri, and got my master’s degree; was a teaching assistant there. Um, I graduated with my master’s in ’95, came to Lawrence, um, enrolled in the Ph.d program, where I have been since. I spent ‘97-‘98 in Berlin, and I’m doing research for my doctorial dissertation. And I’m currently finishing up my dissertation. I’ve applied for jobs in Ireland for the autumn and would like to return home if I can get a decent job.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Rose Mignano

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 26/05/2008

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY:

If you are a dialect researcher, or an actor using this sample to develop your skill in the accent, please see my instruction manual at www.paulmeier.com. As the speaker in this sample is a unique individual, it is highly unlikely that she will conform to my analysis in every detail. But you will find it interesting and instructive to notice which of my “signature sounds” and “additional features” (always suggested only as commonly heard features of the accent) are widely used by most speakers of the dialect and which are subject to variation from individual to individual.

COMMENTARY BY: Paul Meier

DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): 22/10/2016

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