Russia 14

Listen to Russia 14, a 23-year-old man from Voskresensk, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 23

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 12/05/1993

PLACE OF BIRTH: Voskresensk, Russia

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Russian/white

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: working on college degree at the time of this recording

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: N/A

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject was studying English at university at the time of this recording, and this recording was a class assignment. Therefore, his English is much better and accent much lighter than the typical Russian.

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RECORDED BY: Subject

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 11/01/2017

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

And now the unprepared part: Uh, well, I was born in Voskresensk, which is a small town not far from Moscow, uh, about 80 km from Moscow. Uh, but I study at a university in Moscow, so I have to commute getting up very early in the morning. Actually, uh, recording this monologue, uh, is a part of our university project because we, at university we study “world Englishes,” and, uh, your site, International Dialects of English Archive, uh, is a good source of information for those who want to study English. So thanks for creating this site and, uh, collecting all this, uh, information and recordings.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Subject

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION: 11/01/2017

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

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