English and American vowels English and American vowels

English and American vowels

English and American vowels • TRAP and BATH words These words have the same vowel in GA, but different vowels in RP gas grass fancy dance maths bath half after

English and American vowels • TRAP and BATH words TRAP words have the same vowel in GA, but different vowels in RP RP gas grass fancy dance maths bath half after

English and American vowels • TRAP and BATH words TRAP words have the same vowel in GA, but different vowels in RP GA gas grass fancy dance maths bath half after

To summarize:

English and American vowels • TRAP and BATH words • The LOT vowel

Write down what you hear BE passive AE possible passable possible _____

BE passive passable AE passable possible _____

English and American vowels • TRAP and BATH words • The LOT vowel RP LOT hot dog cop forest

English and American vowels • TRAP and BATH words • The LOT vowel IN GA, LOT words are pronounced as PALM RP LOT hot dog cop forest GA PALM

English and American vowels • TRAP and BATH words • The LOT vowel IN GA, LOT words are pronounced as PALM; in some accents, some of them have the LOT or THOUGHT vowel hot dog cop forest GA

English and American vowels • TRAP and BATH words • The LOT vowel IN GA, LOT words are pronounced as PALM; in some accents, some of them have the LOT or THOUGHT vowel Some hot dog cop forest American LOT accents: THOUGHT

From the webpage:

English and American vowels • TRAP and BATH words • The LOT vowel • Centring diphthongs No centring diphthongs in GA

NONRHOTIC NEAR i 0 ir SQUARE e 0 er CURE u 0 ur

English and American vowels • • TRAP and BATH words The LOT vowel Centring diphthongs Vowel length in GA not significant Option of omitting length sign ( )

English and American vowels • Vowel length in GA not significant Option of omitting length sign (Note: a mistake often made in past exams is to conclude from this that GA vowels are generally SHORTER than RP vowels. Not so. We leave off the length mark because length is not significant, not because the vowel is short. In fact GA TENSE vowels are long, like unclipped RP tense vowels; but LAX vowels in GA can be lengthened, unlike RP lax vowels