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NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH VOWEL SYSTEMS

NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH VOWEL SYSTEMS. Subsystems of English vowels. English vowels. Short. Long. Upgliding. Long and ingliding. Back upgliding. Front upgliding. THE PHONOTACTICS OF ENGLISH VOWELS. LONG VOWELS heat hate height quote hoot heed hayed hide hoed who ’ d he hay high hoe who

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NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH VOWEL SYSTEMS

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  1. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH VOWEL SYSTEMS

  2. Subsystems of English vowels English vowels Short Long Upgliding Long and ingliding Back upgliding Front upgliding

  3. THE PHONOTACTICS OF ENGLISH VOWELS LONG VOWELS heat hate height quote hoot heed hayed hide hoed who’d he hay high hoe who SHORT VOWELS pit pet pat pot putt put bid bead bad bod bud hood *[pɪ] *[pɛ] *[pæ] *[po] *[pʌ] *[pʊ]

  4. The basic condition English words cannot end with a stressed vowel

  5. Phonemes of American English in broad IPA notation. (Kurath 1977: 18-19) Checked Free Front Back Front Central Back /ɪ/ /ʊ/ /i/ /u/ /e/ /ʌ/ /e/ /ɜ˞//o/ /æ/ /ɑ/ /ɔ/ Diphthongs /ai/ /au/ /oi/ see sue say so saw sigh sow soy

  6. ANAE notation for the word classes of North American English kid could Ked cud cad cod keyed cade coy hide suit cooed code cowed cawed father

  7. Distinctive features

  8. JC Wells’ word classes for American English corresponding to ANAE notation

  9. Representations of English vowels iɪeɛæɑɔʌoʊu FLEECE KIT FACE DRESS TRAP LOT THOUGHT STRUT GOAT FOOT GOOSE PRICE MOUTH CHOICE Long Short Long and ingliding Upgliding Front upgliding Back upgliding iw uw ow aw ih uh eh oh æh ah oh æh ah i u e ʌ æ o iy ey oy ay ai awoy r-less

  10. Organization of the long and ingliding vowels in an r-ful Mid-Atlantic dialect front back high ihuh idea skua mid eh oh yeah law thought low ææh ah o calve savvy salve balm bomb have halve calm Tom salmon almond common rather father bother baah spa *

  11. Intervocalic Vowel sub-systems before R Coda ihr uhr ehr ohr ɔhr ahr iyrV uwrV irV urV eyrV erV orV ærV arV beer boor bare four for bar nearer Jewry mirror jury Mary merry Murray marry

  12. /ohr/ /ɔhr/ /ahr/ ore or are four for far hoarse horse sparse mourning morning darning source force farce core corps car cored cord card pork storm park

  13. JC Wells’ word classes for American English corresponding to ANAE notation

  14. Mean values of 14 vowels for 21 North American dialects

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