Ebook: British Dialect for the American Stage

San Marcos, Texas
May 2010
Presented to the Honors Committee of
Texas State University-San Marcos
In Partial Fulfillment of
the Requirements for
Graduation from the University Honors Program
Analysis of the differences between the three categories of British dialect for the stage:
Received Pronunciation, Cockney, and Estuary. This involves the exploration of the oral
posture, resonance point, sound changes, rhythm and melody, and grammatical and
lexical changes of each. This also includes the application of the dialect to a monologue.