David Alan Stern - Acting With An Texas Accent 1 CD 4 Texas dialects dialect instruction Dialect Accent Specialists, p2003, 1983. Summary: Instruction for actors in the reproduction of English as spoken in Texas, with emphasis on vowel lilt (including truncation and extensions) and resonance. Deals chiefly with dialect of eastern and central Texas, but introduces modifications common to the language of the Houston area, southwest Texas, and the Panhandle.