It is essential that it continue to do so. Don’t give up your accent! Don’t lose your immigrant verbal heritage! As an immigrant, I find joy in hearing accents, particularly those by people ...

If a speaker has what most deem to be a desirable accent, they might not want to lose the advantage by modifying it. Whether consciously or not, people have at least some control over their speech ...

It’s tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that separates communities. Yet we can probably all think of ...

But is it really possible to lose one’s accent? Linguistic researchers like us suggest the answer is complicated — no one becomes truly “accentless,” but accents can and do change over time.

I would throw a couple Malay words or Hokkien phrases into English sentences while speaking to friends and relatives. I had taught myself to lose my accent, so to embrace it with such ease this time ...

though the three-year time jump for the Narnian characters doesn't give much time for Caspian to lose his accent so completely. While the shift is sudden, it does fit the character's journey.

But in general, you may have noticed that no matter where they’re from, many pop stars lose their accent when they sing. In fact, a lot of the time, a neutral-to-American singing voice can belie ...