The Case of the Disappearing R
And Other Mysteries About How Our Accents Got Their Sounds, And How They Shape Our Lives
Will be published approx. on 18. February 2027
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-241-71039-5 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
501 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-71039-5 (9780241710395)
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Erik Singer
The Case of the Disappearing R
And Other Mysteries About How Our Accents Got Their Sounds, And How They Shape Our Lives
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approx. 04/2027
Penguin
€14.99
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Erik Singer is a teacher of voice, speech, and accents on the MFA program at Rutgers University, and a dialect coach for film and television productions. His series of viral videos on WIRED have reached over 80 million views and counting. He regularly comments on dialect and accent related stories in publications such as NPR, the BBC, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Vox, and The Hollywood Reporter, among others.