Conversations with kindergarten children are being recorded every six months, for two years, to study literacy development and language acquisition. Now a major new study aims to find out exactly how and when accents develop by tracking the speech patterns of 200 Christchurch preschoolers. READ MORE:* NZ vowels on the move: where's our Kiwi accent going? Joseph Johnson/Stuff Dr Lynn Clark says the aim is to “shed light on the speed and mechanism” of accent changes. The point of the study is to capture that precise reorganisation of what happens.”Adam Marshall/Facebook Kiwi duo discover secret to getting smart speakers to understand Kiwi accents.

Source: Stuff January 24, 2021 00:56 UTC