Do choirs have accents?

每个人都知道，从合唱团到摇滚合唱团，从教堂到社区，合唱团都有自己的声音。合唱的声音口音在语言和音乐上是什么样的？它是如何从导演，合唱团成员的口音，或两者兼而有之？它会随着时间的推移而改变吗？听众如何评价合唱口音？每周有数以百万计的人参加合唱团，合唱团是一项主要的专业活动。这将是第一个通过开展一系列相关的实证研究来研究这一鲜为人知但又核心的合唱表演方面的项目，这些研究建立在言语科学、社会语言学、音乐学和音乐表演的基础上。

Everyone knows choirs have a 'sound', from choral societies to rock choirs, chapel to community. What is the choral sound-accent like, linguistically and musically? How does it emerge, from the director, the choir members' spoken accents, or both? Does it change over time? How do listeners evaluate choral accents? Millions of people take part in choirs every week, and choirs constitute a major professional activity. This will be the first project to investigate this poorly-understood, yet core, aspect of choral performance, by carrying out a linked set of empirical studies, grounded in speech science, sociolinguistics, musicology and musical performance.