Anyone know this???? Does anyone know how the American accent came about fromthefirst English+Irish settlers??

Question

do you how the English language has evolved into the current American accent?? any detail would be greatly useful..

Answer 1

There were actually FOUR main regional migrations during the colonial period, each mainly from a distinct part of the British Isles, and each bringing the accent (and other 'folkways') of their home area.

Each of these made their own contribution to what has become known as "General American English".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American

An excellent study of these four groups and their distinctive folkways is David Hacket FIscher's book *Albion's Seed*.

For an overview of the distinctives of each of these four regional DIALECTS, and the contribution each dialect made to "General American English" see:
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test3materials/AmericanDialects.htm

For a broader overview of how the various dialects of BOTH British English and American English developed, see:
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test3materials/USdialectsoverhead.htm

Answer 2

I would actually be more curious to know how you define "the current American accent"?

Knowing New Yorkers, southerners and Californians, I don't know what exactly you're referring to.