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An innovative IDEA: a review of the International Dialects of English Archive

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IDEA (International Dialects of English Archive) [Online]. Available from the World Wide Web: . PaulMeier (Director and Founder), CameronMeier (Senior Editor).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2013

Nicole Hodges Persley
Nicole Hodges Persley*
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University of Kansas
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The IDEA (International Dialects of English Archive) site has been on-line since 1997 and began as a resource developed to teach actors how to pronounce various accents and dialects of English. Created by theater scholar and dialect coach Paul Meier, the new site has expanded its already fantastic variety of information. The site's new navigation features include a searchable database and a global map that make it very accessible to specialists and non–specialists of English. Performers around the world (the site has over one million hits a year) use the site to research accents and dialects for English-speaking performances. IDEA's audience has expanded beyond theater professionals to users in academe in the social sciences and humanities as well as international business. The site is also relevant for anyone who has an interest in the ways that location and culture influence the spoken English language.

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English Today , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , September 2013 , pp. 63 - 64
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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