IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveThe origins of ‘Comma Gets a Cure’
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
If you’ve listened to audio samples on IDEA, you’ve undoubtedly heard the now famous Comma Gets a Cure elicitation passage that precedes most recordings of subjects’ unscripted speech….
Comma Gets A Cure
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
This elicitation passage uses J.C. Wells’ standard lexical set words, allowing the dialect researcher to examine a reader’s English pronunciation across a wide variety of phonemic contexts. It…
Russia 41
Monday, April 21, 2025
Listen to Russia 41, a 29-year-old woman from Saransk, Mordovia, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. Both as a courtesy and to…
Russia 40
Monday, April 21, 2025
Listen to Russia 40, a 17-year-old boy from Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. Both as a courtesy and to…
Russia 39
Monday, April 21, 2025
Listen to Russia 39, a 34-year-old man from Kineshma, Ivanovo, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. Both as a courtesy and to…
Australia 47
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Listen to Australia 47, who is 31 years old and from Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. Both as…
Alaska 5
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Listen to Alaska 5, a 20-year-old man from Wasilla, Alaska, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. Both as a courtesy and…
Arizona 7
Friday, February 28, 2025
Listen to Arizona 7, a 29-year-old woman from Tucson, Arizona, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. Both as a courtesy and…
Guangdong 6
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Listen to Guangdong 6, a 29-year-old woman from Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. Both as a courtesy and to…
New Jersey 8
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Listen to New Jersey 8, a 24-year-old woman from Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject. Both as…
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