Variation Flashcards
London
GOOSE (diphthongization)
FLEECE (diphthongization)
FACE/GOAT
PRICE
MOUTH
CHOICE
Northern
Strurt
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
FACE/GOAT
Irish
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
LOT
THOUGHT
FACE/GOAT
Scottish
GOOSE (diphthongization)
KIT: open
NURSE
FOOT
GOOSE (diphthongization)
FACE/GOAT
Welsh
Strut
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
FACE/GOAT
PRICE
MOUTH
Southern
KIT: breaking
Dress: (breaking, and before nasals we have a raising
Strut
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
Cloth
PRICE
New York
Trap: (diphthong)
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
Cloth
THOUGHT
NORTH (only difference from THOUGHT is that it has an R in the spelling
AAVE
KIT: breaking
Dress: (breaking, and before nasals we have a raising
Strut
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
Cloth
THOUGHT
PRICE
Australia
Dress: have raising
Trap: (raising)
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
GOOSE (diphthongization)
FLEECE (diphthongization)
FACE/GOAT
PRICE
MOUTH
CHOICE
New Zealand
KIT: (mid central)
Dress: have raising
Trap: (raising)
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
NURSE
GOOSE (diphthongization)
FLEECE (diphthongization)
FACE/GOAT
PRICE
MOUTH
CHOICE
South African
KIT: (mid central in some KIT words)
Dress: have raising
Trap: (raising)
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
PRICE
Caribbean
BATH, many varieties have a front vowel or a long front vowel
PALM/START (START-words have an R in the spelling, this is the only difference)
FACE/GOAT
Inner circle Englishes
Distribution of /r/, rhotic, non-rhotic, variably rhotic
Realisation of /t/, /l/, /th/
Realisation + distribution of vowels
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Outer circle Englishes
Fewer vowels (Monophthongs in FACE and GOAT)
No dental fricativies
Consonant cluster reduction (elision: removing consonants, epenthesis: adding vowels)
Syllable-timing - often leads to spelling pronunciation. Full vowel quality in all syllables.
grammatical simplification
Underlying factors. England has played a role in many of these countries. The teaching is often focused on written English, which could lead to spelling pronunciation for example.