sum english dialect sample sources responses query finding audio samples dialects english thanks suggestions comments take liberty quoting full addition items mentioned managed locate 1 1971 bbc recording entitled english dialect contains 24 short samples british english dialects 8 irish scottish welsh accents record jacket says record produced provide tool actor craft use classrooms find fascinating believe extremely valuable 2 collection cassettes accompanying manual entitled acting accent david stern also aimed actors need portray nonnative english speakers however found useful classroom materials stereotype two three prominent pronunciation features various speakers speaking english rather providing students real understanding dialect even phonological interference mechanisms second language learning responses comments interpolated quotations within apologies length summary louis b hillman lbhndp rit edu found quite lot tapes available commercially supplements bought separately following books j c wells accents english cambridge 1992 whole world hughes p trudgill english accents dialects 2nd edition arnold 1979 1987 uk freeborn varieties english macmillan 1987 uk w indies fascinating material aspects socio well accents think available like books tend cost 7 pounds sterling following resources guide free commercially available recordings north american english dialects donna christian 1986 american english speech recordings guide collections washington c center applied linguistics michael linn marrit hannele zuber 1984 sound english bibliography language recordings urbana il ncte michael linn 1993 appendix resources research dennis r preston ed american dialect research amsterdam benjamins pp 43350 specifics may mentioned apologize 1 longish recordings inland northern brooklyn ny eastern new england south midland phildelphia alabama available record ncte entitled americans speaking accompanying booklet raven mcdavid john muri title texts reading passage transcriptions free conversation lists features dated 1967 may print worth try ncte alice horning horning jupiter acs oakland edu also mentioned recording found copy must warn copy least _ 78 _ rpm _ format publication date plan copy soon find suitable equipment lh 2 old record called changing language jointly published ncte mcgraw hill contains fifteen reading passages us canada still available well worth digging best selection short samples heard also raven mcdavid good commentary record jacket well lot stuff history english general dialect samples really cover territory drawback old recordings illustrate ongoing sound changes dramatically particualrly northern cities shift found recording addition american dialect passages contains several interesting passages comparing british american speech also contains readings old english beowulf middle english chaucer early modern english shakespeare narrator dialect interesting way example radio announcer dialect period published 1965 33rpm format lh 3 recordings accompany two books timothy shopen joseph williams 1980 standards dialects english cambridge winthrop diane bryen cheryl hartmen pearl tait 1978 variant english columbus oh charles merrill rather sociolinguistically geographically oriented christian linn zuber linn bibliographies give best coverage available american english dialect recordings nicely get better free oh yes free _ _ best price nt lh cassette goes trudgill hannah international english guide varieties standard english contains passage thirteen different dialects ten non north american using lately reasons tapes poetry readings trick find poets good exemplars various dialects audio forum caedmon two biggest suppliers think f address 96 broad street guilford ct 06437 nt know caedmon offhand ohio state language files publishers advocate publishing group reynoldsburg oh used set tapes illustrating range dialects idea may able get samples international english dialects recording shortwave broadcasts