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Language and Communication Science

For students, academics and researchers within the Language and Communication Sciences Division.

Accents and dialect tools

Accents and Dialects

A searchable database of English accent recordings from the British Library sound archive.

British Library Sound Archive homepage.

Speech accent archive

Presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyse the accents of different English speakers.

The Speech Accent Archive homepage

Celex Lexical Database

Celex Lexical Database

Use this video guide on "Search CELEX"  to learn how to use the database effectively.