African Accents
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African Accents

A Workbook for Actors

  1. 382 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

African Accents

A Workbook for Actors

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About This Book

This is a comprehensive workbook for actors, covering the key characteristics and profiles of a wide range of African accents of English. Its unique approach not only addresses the methods and processes by which to go about learning an accent, but also looks in detail at each example. This lets the reader plot their own route through the learning process and tailor not only their working methods but also their own personal idiolect.

Full breakdowns of each accent cover:

  • an introduction giving a brief history of the accent, its ethnic background, and its language of origin
  • preparatory warm-up exercises specific to each accent
  • a directory of research materials including documentaries, plays, films and online resources
  • key characteristics such as melody, stress, pace and pitch
  • descriptions of physical articulation in the tongue, lips, jaw, palate and pharynx
  • practice sentences, phoneme tables and worksheets for solo study.

African Accents is accompanied by a website at www.routledge.com/cw/mcguire with an extensive online database of audio samples for each accent. The book and audio resources guide actors to develop their own authentic accents, rather than simply to mimic native speakers. This process allows the actor to personalize an accent, and to integrate it into the creation of character rather than to play the accent on top of character.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
ISBN
9781317911982
Edition
1
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Writing & Presentation Skills

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Other Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 How to Use This Workbook
  9. 2 Ugandan (Luganda) Accent of English
  10. 3 Kenyan (Dholuo) Accent of English
  11. 4 Zimbabwean (Shona) Accent of English
  12. 5 South African (Zulu) Accent of English
  13. 6 South African (Afrikaans) Accent of English
  14. 7 Rwandan (Kinyarwanda) Accent of English
  15. 8 DR Congolese (Lingala) Accent of English
  16. 9 Senegalese (Wolof) Accent of English
  17. 10 Nigerian (Igbo) Accent of English
  18. 11 Ghanaian (Akan: Twi and Fante) Accent of English
  19. 12 Liberian Accent of English
  20. Glossary
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index