The Dialect Resource

French Accents
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Analysis of the accents of French speakers, with practice material, common French expressions spoken by a French speaker, and examples from various parts of France, and from Belgium, Haiti and Africa. Includes examples of male and female native speakers.

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French Accents
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Analysis of the accents of French speakers, with practice material, common French expressions spoken by a French speaker, and examples from various parts of France, and from Belgium, Haiti and Africa. Includes examples of male and female native speakers.

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German and Dutch
Analysis of the accents of German speakers, with practice material and examples from several parts of Germany and from Austria and Switzerland; analysis of features specific to Dutch speakers, with examples. Revised and remastered March 2007, with additional material. Includes examples of male and female native speakers.

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Italian Accents
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Analysis of the accents of Italian speakers from Northern and Southern Italy, and from different age groups and socio-economic backgrounds. Includes examples of male and female native speakers.

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Italian Accents
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Analysis of the accents of Italian speakers from Northern and Southern Italy, and from different age groups and socio-economic backgrounds. Includes examples of male and female native speakers.

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Russian and Other Slavic Languages
Analysis of the features of Russian and other Slavic languages,with examples from Russia, including Moscow, St.Petersburg, Ukraine, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Revised and remastered June 2006 with additional material. Includes examples of male and female native speakers.

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Spanish Accents
Analysis of the accents of Spanish speakers, with examples from Spain, Argentina, Colombia. Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Chile, and including two examples from Brazil, though their native language is not Spanish but Portuguese. Includes examples of male and female native speakers.

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