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9 Special Cases (I): /æ/ & /ɑː/ Incidence

assimilation
T D N SZ (VZ ptkH
ðZVθsf)voicing j&R linking BPMKG
RP ˈ
aɪ eɪ ɔɪ aʊ əʊ ɪə eə ʊə
||æ ʌ e ɪ ɒ ʊ ə ɜː ɑː iː ɔː uː ʧ ʤ θ ð ʃ ʒ ŋ l̩ r̩ n̩||

||*kʌm ænd *siː əs ət ˈaʊə *njuː əˈpɑːtmənt. ɪts *ˈvɛri *kləʊs tə ðiː
*wʌn ðət aɪ *juːzd tʊ *lɪv ɪn. *lɛts ɪˈmæʤɪn *jʊ ə ðiː *ˈəʊnli *
ˈpɜːsn *lɛft ɪn ðiː *wɜːld ɪkˈsɛpt fɔː *wʌn ˈʌðə *ˈpɜːsn. *huː wəd juː
*ʧuːz? *waɪ *ˈklɪntən wɒz *ˈtraɪɪŋ tʊ ɪmˈbærəs miː? *ˈprɒbəbli hiː
*ˈwɒntɪd jʊ tʊ *ˈnəʊtɪs hɪm. ɪts *ˈprɒbəbli *ˈsʌmwʌn fɔː *
ˈdɔːr(ə)θi. hiːz *ˈnɒkɪŋ eɪ*geɪn. aɪl *ˈəʊpən ðiː *ˈkɜːtnz ænd *siː
huː ɪt. ðə pəˈliːs! wiː *hævnt dʌn *ˈɛnɪθɪŋ *rɒŋ. ðeɪv *ˈprɒbəbli
*meɪd ə mɪs*teɪk, ənd wiː *ɔːt tʊ ɪn*fɔːm ðəm ðæt ||

GA ˈ
e> ɛ r pdf-check!!

check 'wh'
(w)= ʍ j(ɔː) = jɚ

aɪ eɪ ɔɪ aʊ oʊ aɪr eɪr ɔɪr aʊr oʊr


ɪ(r) ɛ(r) ʊ(r)
||æ æ ʌ ɛ ɪ i ɔ ɑ ʊ u ɝ ɚ ə ʧ ʤ θ ð ʃ ʒ ŋ ʍ ʍ l̩ r̩ n̩||
no!!
(ɒ) ɑ (əʊ) (e) ɛ (ː) (ɜː) ɝ (ər) ɚ

SIrE ˈ
no
(e)> ɛ r pdf-check!!

no
(eɪ)> eː no
(əʊ)> oː no
(ɜː) )> ʌr
check 'wh'
(w)= ʍ
(ɪə eə ʊə)= iːr eːr
no
uːr
iːr eːr uːr aɪr aʊr ɔɪr aːr
aɪ eː ɔɪ aʊ oː aː ʌr ər iː ɔː uː
æ ʌ ɛə ɪi ɒ ʊu ʧ ʤ θ ð ʃ ʒ ŋ ʍ l̩ r̩ n̩
ɒ (+f θ s)= ɔː/ɒ (+ŋ) = (cloth orange)
WVM ɪ = əŋ
ɑː (+f θ s) (+ŋ n)= æ = aː
happy-i = iː yes but not final uː

coalescence (dew) ʤuː


ˈriːliː(realy)
ɪə = iː special K

ˈæniː(any)
mæniː (mʌni)
nurse, turn (/ʊ/ rather than /ʌ/)
book, cook (/uː/ rather than /ʊ/)
hoarse, mourning (/ɔː/ rather than /oː/)

SA ˈ
no shandy-'R' or /ɛ/>>/e/
aɪə eɪə ɔɪə aʊə əʊə
no
aɪ eɪ ɔɪ aʊ əʊ ɪə (eə)= eː ʊə ɜː (ʊɪ) =uːɪ
|| æ ʌ əe iɪ ɒ uʊ ʧ ʤ θ ð ʃ ʒ ŋ ||
WVM ɪ = ə accented /I/ is not changed into schwa (not with -ŋ k g)no
Plural forms /iz/ are substituted by schwa ɪz
Past ending /ID/ is substituted by schwa ɪd
Happy /i/ is longer, too as in wiːf hæd
ʊɪ>uːɪ
"it is" = ɪt əz
¡non-rhotic! like RP

@The consistent replacement of the unstressed vowel /ɪ/ by /ə/ in unstressed syllables of
content words, stressed an unstressed but for when the vowel is followed by a velar
consonant -(ŋ k g)no
after
H never in word-initial position or before
ʃ
@triphthongs common in SAE but no smoothing here>> pleːə

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