Acting with an Accent: A Practical Exploration of General American Accent vs. British Received Pronunciation via International Phonetic Alphabet Applied to Performance

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to understand the history and explore the differences between General American and British Pronunciation dialect using the International Phonetic Alphabet and Dudley Knight Theory. Looking at the comparison of Edith Skinner, Arthur Lessac, and Dudley Knight theories pertaining to speech, this paper seeks to understand the formation of the study of the history of linguistics and how it translates and utilized in the world of performance today, more specifically my own personal experience.