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IDEA: INTERNATIONAL DIALECTS OF ENGLISH ARCHIVE


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 * SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
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Welcome to IDEA. The International Dialects of English Archive was created in
1998 as the internet’s first archive of primary-source recordings of
English-language dialects and accents as heard around the world. With roughly
1,700 samples from 135 countries and territories, and more than 170 hours of
recordings, IDEA is now the largest archive of its kind.

IDEA’s recordings are principally in English, are of native speakers, and
include both English-language dialects and English spoken in the accents of
other languages. (Many include brief demonstrations of the speaker’s native
language, too.) The archive also includes extensive Special Collections.

Paul Meier

Paul Meier is IDEA’s founder, director, and principal contributor, personally
collecting nearly 20 percent of the archive. He established IDEA to provide
actors the real-life models they need for their characters’ accents and
dialects; many actors use his Accents & Dialects for Stage and
Screen in conjunction with IDEA. But IDEA has proved invaluable in many
other fields too; for example, it’s a favorite tool of international business,
helping personnel become familiar with their customers’ accents and dialects.








HOW IDEA WORKS

To find an example of an accent or dialect, use the Global Map, or the Dialects
and Accents tab on the menu bar. The site is also fully searchable, not just by
country, state, and province, but also by characteristics of each speaker, such
as ethnicity, age, and occupation; even single phrases from transcriptions and
phonetics can be searched online. You may conveniently listen to the streaming
audio while reading the accompanying transcription and commentary. All samples
have one-line descriptions (gender, age, year of birth, ethnicity,
location). Submission of new samples by the editors and other contributors
is done entirely online.

At the heart of IDEA are its Senior Editors and the  Associate Editors, forming
a global network of contributors. They record the subjects, transcribe the
recordings, and, in many cases, write scholarly commentaries that often include
phonetic and cultural analyses. Many editors are professors at major
universities, or are members of The Voice and Speech Trainers Association
(VASTA).

Cameron Meier

Cameron Meier is IDEA’s executive editor and chief sound and copy editor, and
also vice president of Paul Meier Dialect Services.

New recordings, their accompanying transcriptions and scholarly commentaries are
added frequently (see What’s New). Each recording includes both a reading (Comma
Gets a Cure, or, on our earliest recordings, The Rainbow Passage) and some
unscripted speech – about four minutes in all.

The Global Map quickly reveals which countries/states/provinces have a
representative sample, and those that still lack one. As you see, IDEA continues
to grow, aspiring to provide a recording from every corner of the world. Please
join us in this ambitious project by becoming an associate editor, or
contributing your own voice to the archive.





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WHAT’S NEW

 * We’re proud to welcome Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) November 30, 2024
 * Welcome four new Chicago subjects November 15, 2024
 * Received Pronunciation (RP) collection grows November 7, 2024
 * Welcome a new Scottish subject October 21, 2024
 * Say hello to our first Northridge (L.A.) subject September 10, 2024

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