Essay from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,7, University of Constance, language: English, abstract: The English language is widely spread. More than 20 countries all over the world consider English as their main and National language. However, all of these countries have their own accent which is quite interesting from a phonological point of view. On the one hand we have the consonantal system which does not seem to change very much within the different accents. On the other hand there is the vowel system which shows the exact opposite. The accent of the Scottish speaking population shall be in the main focus of this paper.
