Can your accent change if you live somewhere else?
The capacity for accent change among adults has been well-documented by linguistic researchers, over both the short-term (temporarily in the context of a single conversation) and the long-term (slowly evolving based on exposure to other accents over a period of years).
How long do you have to be somewhere for your accent to change?
In a summary, your accent will sound different in 6 months, if you: Engage in direct/indirect ( online) speech therapy focusing on your speech. Practice, practice, practice. Find opportunities to speak with those who speak in a native English accent.
Can you develop a different accent?
Your natural accent results from a system of sound patterns in your native language that you unconsciously learn as you grow up. Your accent can change early in life as you’re exposed to different accents and speech patterns. But after your teenage years, your phonetic system stays mostly fixed.
Can I lose my accent?
Though it’s challenging to lose your accent entirely, it is possible to change it. To improve your pronunciation skills, you’ll need to exercise both your mouth and ears. There’s actually a whole field of language coaching dedicated to this called accent reduction or modification.
Can you have two accents?
Their accents are perhaps “mid-Pacific”, with the American-style pronunciation of the letter “r” sometimes, but other times not, for example. I’d say so, yes. Someone who grew up in one place and then moved to a second place (or multiple other places) would have characteristics of multiple accents.
Can you ever lose your accent?
Can accents come go?
Sometimes our accent changes a bit, subconsciously When we move to a new area or are around different regional dialects, we tend to mimic the sounds that we hear around us. This helps us to fit in. It’s called bidialectalism and it’s mostly subconscious.
Do people change accents as they get older?
As a general rule, the older you get, the less apt you are to change. Past a certain age (generally before the teenage years), your original accent is so ingrained that most people won’t pick up the local accent just by living there.
Can you have an American accent and live in the UK?
Speaking as someone who emigrated from the UK to Australia fifteen years ago, the answer is: To anyone in the UK you will continue to have a strong American accent. People in the us will comment on how you have developed a strong British accent.
How long did it take you to learn your accent?
People, especially those that haven’t moved around a lot, are conditioned to believe that their way of speaking is normal, and every other way is an accent. I’ve lived abroad for 12 years and it took 3-4 years before I started to understand the distinctive qualities of my home (American) accent
Will I lose my accent when I move to another country?
Depends upon you. Some people never lose an accent, other it changes slightly, others gain a new accent over time. You can’t predict it. You and your brother could both move to a country, and you might keep your accent from the old one and he doesn’t.