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2. distinctive (it distinguishes one word from another even
the whole sentences);

3. recognitive (it manifests in the process of identificacion:
native speakers can identify combination of phonemes as

meaningful units).

6.7 Territorial varieties of English pronunciation

British English Accents
Table 1

English English Scottish English

Southern Northern Welsh Educated Regional Northern

1. Southern 1. Northern English Scottish Varieties Ireland
2. East 2.Yorkshire English English

Anglia 3. North
South- West

West

Every national variant of English falls into territorial and

regional varieties (dialects).
In American English, three main types of literary/cultivated

pronunciation are distinguished:

 General American English (GenAm/Network English) which

is also known as Western American and comprises that
majority of American accents from Ohio through the Middle

West and on to the Pacific coast;

 Eastern American including (i) Boston and eastern New

England, and (ii) New York City;

 Southern American includes accents of lowland south:

Virginia, North and South Carolinas, Tennessee, Florida,

Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas,
etc.

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