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English accents

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English accents

English accents. 7. Historical change (ii). Innovations reflected in RP etc., but not everywhere in Britain and not in most American English. developments before /r/. RP b ?? GA b ? r. RP b ??d GA b ? rd. beer beer and beard bi ? r bi ? r bi ? rd b ?? r b ?? r b ?? rd

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English accents

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English accents

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English accents

English accents. 9. Comparing pronunciation differences. Structuralist oriented towards the phonemic systems involved requires a static synchronic description of what each accent is like e.g. /r/ is or is not found nonprevocalically. Historical/generativist

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