theoretical_phonetics / GA vowels

RP vowel vs. GA vowels

RP	GA articultary modifications	GA distribution	GA disappearance and substitution	GA processes
i:		Distributed differently from RP. In words like very, pity GA has [i:] rather than [i]. in word – final position it’s often even diphthongized.	In lever [li:və] – [levər]	*The nasalization of vowels, when they are preceded or followed by a nasal consonant (in such words as take, small name etc) it` s also called an American twang. It’s incidental and needn`t be marked in phonemic transcription. * Slight rise of the in tongue position during the pronunciation of tense vowels leads to a diphthongal quality of tense vowels which contrast to a monophthongal quality of lax vowels.
a:		Like #[ǽ]	[a:] is changed into [ǽ] e.g. path [pǽӨ], vase [va:z] – [veiz], tomato [təma:təu] – [təmeitou]
o:			In cordial [ko:diəl] – [korjəl]
u:
ə:	Mixed/central vowel
i	High, central, unrounded	Distributed differently from RP
e	More open	May be diphthongized before [p, t, k]. e.g. let [l ε’ə’t]	Leisure [le3ə] – [li:3ər]
ǽ		#There is no distinction between /ǽ/ and /a:/ in words: ask, dance, sand, bad, both phonemes are possible
ه	Intermediate in character, the lips are considerably less rounded in its production.		[o] in dog is changed into [٨]
ə	Mixed/central vowel. Unstressed, lax.
ei	The diphthong is closer than in RP		Words like apparatus, data, and status in RP are pronounced only with [ei], in GA they can be pronounced with [ǽ] or [ei].
ai			Words like hostile, missile, reptile in RP are pronounced only with [ai], and in GA they may have [əl] -in either [ai∂ə] – [i:∂ər]
oi			The combination «ir» in the words: «girl», «ear», «bird» in the word «learns» is pronounced as /oi/ e.g. /boid/, /goid/, /loin/.
au	The nucleus of [au] tends to be more advanced
ou
iə			As GA is a rhotic language with non- prevocalic [r] ,[iə], (derived historically from vowel+[r]) doesn’t occur in GA. E.g. dear [dir]
εə			As GA is a rhotic language with non- prevocalic [r], [εə] , (derived historically from vowel+[r]) doesn’t occur in GA. E.g. dare [deir]
uə			As GA is a rhotic language with non- prevocalic [r], [ue], (derived historically from vowel+[r]) doesn’t occur in GA. E.g. tout [tur]
oə
əu			Very front realization of [eu] as in RP, isn’t found in GA
٨	Mixed/central vowel
a	More front than RP [a:]