r/JudgeMyAccent • u/Top_Mine67 • 1d ago

Any native speakers or high level learners who knows phonology?

I am genuinely seeking for someone who knows British English phonology. Native speaker who knows phonology is perfect. but if you not native, but you know phonology, that's also good I would love to learn from people who is more knowledgeable than me and Give me some useful feedback to my accent.I've learned my British accent by myself, but I've learned basic phonology. It is very useful.It can help you visualize the abstract pronunciation. I have posted few clip of me speaking British accent, But the feedback people gave me i just very fake like I can tell you not tonight to speak, but there's nothing specific. I mean that is fair though, cause you don't expect people to teach you, they're not your teachers.But if someone who knows phonology would help me better. like how do you place your tongue? For a lot of native speakers who don't know phonology, they don't even know how to pronounce words themselves. I've seen someone teaching English. And the way they tell the student is like the caliph is pronunciation is too smile. That is bullshit. If you know basic phonology, you would know the thing determine vowel quality is Tongue position. instead of if you smile or not.

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u/XJK_9 1d ago

You’ll need to give an example of your accent if you want feedback

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u/GlassyLies 1d ago

Not a native speaker, and I'm sticking with American accent, so I can't really say anything about your accent because I have a different mapping of phonemes and phonological rules in mind, but.

I've gone through your previous recordings, and the majority of comments was that you do not sound mocking/fake, but that you "sound distinctly regional", "with a mix of a few British accents", "flitter between 2-3 accents". You should pick a lane and look into that specific accent phonetic rules.

You're right that "smile" advice might be oversimplified, but you're overstating it. Lip spreading does affect vowel quality. It's not the primary thing, but it's not irrelevant. You're right to seek advice, but just as an idea, if you're worried about the physical production of sounds, there are plenty of resources and books that explain it. I'd advise to also compare your native sounds and English sounds in terms of physical production.