British English

Abstract

British English pronunciations range along a cline from the most regionally marked to that accent generally known as Received Pronunciation (RP), which is at least within England where it is essentially region-neutral. RP might seem a straightforward concept. It is to be found, usually without critical explanation, question, or qualification, as the exemplum in countless ELT books. A section on RS vowels presents a table that charts vowel transcriptions that are most generally encountered in available descriptions of RP today. In order that a broad overview of the geographical distribution of major phonological distinctions might be followed, it is necessary to provide some short explanation of terms used to relate to areas of the British Isles. The most significant pointer to broad regionality applying within the British Isles is that of rhoticity, the pronouncing of /r/ following a vowel, where <r> occurs in a word when written.

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