An Introduction to the Phonetics of American English, Volume 10 |
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allophone alveolar American English American Speech assimilation beginning bət breath Chapter contexts contrast ðǝt wi də kar ðət Dialect dictionary diphthongal diphthongal allophone dissimilation distinction Eastern New England end of words final foreign frəm də fricative gum ridge hard palate languages larynx letters Linguistic lips Middle Atlantic area monophthongal mouth nasal native normally North Central area northern occasionally occurs pattern phoneme phonetic transcription place of articulation predominates pronounce pronunciation r]-coloring regional represents roud semivowel sequence sometimes sound Southern Mountain speakers spelling standard stop consonants stressed syllables substandard syllabic consonant syllable symbols tense vowel tə də unstressed vowel upper usually variation velar velum vibrate Virginia vocal bands voiced voiceless consonants vowel phoneme Western Pennsylvania wəz ə wi faund wi wə wið words which include York City York City area