The Music of the York Accent
A series of events planned as part of the
York Older People’s
Assembly YORK 50+ FESTIVAL 2019
Speech recordings
Are you York
‘born and bred’ and aged 50+ years old?
Do you have
a friend or relative who is also York ‘born and bred’ and 50+?
We’re
looking for pairs of volunteers to come to the University of York to
record some conversational speech, for a research project on the identification
of British accents using prosodic features. Each recording session will take
45-60 minutes, with refreshments provided. You can download an information sheet about the research.
We have
recording session appointments available on the following days:
·
University of York Kings Manor campus in central York
Monday 23rd September 9am-1pm
·
University of York main Heslington
campus Tuesday 24th September 1pm-5pm
To book an
appointment please fill in our online form: http://bit.ly/yopa-york-accent-recordings
(or leave a message including your contact details on 01904 322657 and we’ll
call you back).
Public lecture
The music of the York
accent
Dr Sam
Hellmuth, Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York
Friday 4th
October 4pm-5.30pm University of York Kings Manor campus
In this talk
I will present the results of analysis of speech recordings with younger (aged
18-24) and older (aged 50+) York residents, with a special focus on the
intonation patterns which are a feature of the Yorkshire accent. We will
discuss how intonation patterns naturally change over time, just like other
features of local accents and dialects. I will also briefly review research
evidence which suggests that the ability to speak in more than one dialect is
as beneficial for brain function as learning to speak a different language.
Dr
Sam Hellmuth is an expert on intonation patterns and has appeared on Radio 4’s Word of Mouth on The
Music of Speech.
Booking
recommended: http://bit.ly/yopa-york-accent-lecture
Practical information
Download an information sheet about the research.
Contact
details: Dr
Sam Hellmuth, Department
of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York, Heslington,
York YO10 5DD - 01904 322657 - sam.hellmuth@york.ac.uk