American dialects are numerous! This guide gives a general introduction to a sample variety of American dialects. On each page, there will be a description of the unique aspects of the dialect, sound clip examples, and suggestions to resources within the Point Park library specific to the dialect you want to emmulate.
Many of the descriptions of these dialects use linguistic jargon to describe the dialect, mostly from the The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). This is a very helpful and simple glossary to help you navigate.
http://dialectblog.com/glossary/
The sound clips found in this guide come from the sites listed below.
LibGuide originally created by Reference Associate, Kim Foflygen.
Resources available through Point Park library that can help you perform an accent:
This link will take you to the full 2018 version of the IPA Chart, from the International Phonetic Association website.
"IPA Chart, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License. Copyright © 2018 International Phonetic Association."