Collocations with Accent
(Accent (noun
ADJECTIVE
broad (especially BrE), heavy, marked, pronounced, strong, thick –
.She had a pronounced Southern accent
slight – (country, foreign, local, regional (especially BrE –
American, British (AmE), English, French, etc –
.northern, southern, etc –
( middle-class (BrE –
cut-glass (BrE), posh (BrE), public-school (BrE), RP –
.He spoke with a cut-glass English accent
VERB + ACCENT
have, speak in, speak with –
(acquire (especially BrE –
adopt, affect, assume, put on –
.She put on a Southern accent when she answered the phone
fake, imitate, mimic –
cultivate –
drop, lose –
.He lost his accent after moving to the capital
place –
.Where are you from? I can’t place your accent
OF ACCENT…
hint, trace –
.Her French was excellent, without a trace of an accent
PREPOSITION
in an accent –
.She spoke in a strong Jamaican accent
with an accent, without an accent –
.a tall man with a Canadian accent