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Accent & Dialect Resources

Topics Covered

• Audio & Visual Resources in the Library
• Books in the Library
• Find Dictionaries in HOMER (Library Catalog)
• Web Resources

See also: Speech & Voice Resources and Resources for Vocalists (including diction resources)

Audio & Visual Resources in the Library

• Coming soon: David's Stern's Acting With An Accent. (CDs)
  One-hour CDs with manuals cover lilt, stress, resonance, and pronunciation.

Books in the Library

• Accents: A Manual for Actors. By Robert Blumenfeld.
  PN 2071.F6 B48 2002 (also 1999) Music Library

• American Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers. By L. Herman and M. S. Herman.
  PN 2071.F6 H39 1997 Music Library (also Babbidge Library)

• Foreign Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers. By L. Herman and M. S. Herman.
  PN 2071.F6 H4 1997 Music Library
  


• Monologues in Dialect for Young Actors. Edited by K. M. Hill.
  PN 2080 .M5473 2002 Music Library
• More Stage Dialects. By J. Blunt.
  PN 2071.F6 B52 1994 Music Library Oversize (see also cassette at CTAPE MSD v. 1-2 Music Library Circulation Desk)

• Play Index. Babbidge & Music/Drama Ref Z 5781 .P53 (several volumes)
  Helps identify plays that feature a particular dialect, IF those plays were published in an anthology. The back part of each volume lists plays by cast analysis (# of characters of men, women, boys, girls and extras needed, and dialect).


• Scenes in Dialect for Young Actors. Edited by K. M. Hill.
  PN 2080 .S265 2002 Music Library

Find Dictionaries in HOMER (the Library Catalog)

To find foreign language or regional dictionaries (which may include pronunciations), do a Keyword Boolean search in HOMER as follows:

"[desired language] language" and dictionaries and English

Example: "french language" and dictionaries and english
finds French/English and English/French dictionaries

To find older pronouncing dictionaries in HOMER, do a Keyword Boolean search on pronouncing and dictionaries. You can also try [desired language] and languages and pronunciation. Also see the Vocal Music page for diction guides.

Example: pronouncing and dictionaries finds the following titles:

• A Concise Pronouncing Dictionary of British and American English by J. Windsor Lewis.
  PE 1137 .L43 1972 Babbidge Library.
• Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names: Pronunciations for More than 23,000 Proper Names, Selected for Currency, Frequency, or Difficulty of Pronunciation.
  PE 1137 .P82 1993 Babbidge Reference (Library Use Only)
• Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words: A Guide from A to Zounds. By Dale F. Coye.
  PR 3081 .C87 1998 Babbidge Reference (Library Use Only)
• Shakespeare's Names: A Pronouncing Dictionary. By Helge Kökeritz.
  PR 3081 .K57 Babbidge Library

Web Resources

• Dialects & Accents (VASTA)
  Long list of dialect and accent home pages and links pages.


• International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA)
  Repository of primary source recordings and related links for actors and other performing artists.

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