WHAT’S IN AN ACCENT?
WHAT’S IN AN ACCENT?

Summary/Abstract: People move around more than ever before and every single day a person hears more foreign accents than at any time in human history. It is an irrefutable fact that regardless of where we come from, regardless of how we sound Ŕ whether we like it or not Ŕ we all have an accent. As soon as a word comes out of our mouth, people start making assumptions about our background, about our education etc. There are people who hang on to their regional and national accents as a source of pride and identity and have no desire to get rid of their accents. Yet, there are people who try to distance themselves from their origins and, in an attempt to avoid discrimination, go to a voice coach in order to learn how to speak without an accent. The question that arises is the following: Is it ok to get rid of your accent? What's left once you get rid of your accent?

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