Spelling Formal Informal
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Spelling Formal Informal
Spelling Formal Informal
Spelling Formal Informal
Spelling Formal Informal
it's not its 'nɒt əts 'not
because bi'kɒz bikəz
I think he was ai'θiŋk hi· wəz ٨ 'θiŋk i wz
The historically long vowel [i:] tends to lose its diphthongization; as the next
stage it undergoes quantitative reduction and finally changes its quality as well.
I don't believe it ai 'dçunt bi'li:v it ٨ dçun(t) bə'liv it
it seems to be it 'si:mz tə bi· it 'simz tə bi
The similar process of reduction is likewise observed in [u:] simplified to [u].
a few more words ə 'fju: 'mɔ: 'wç:dz ə fju mɔ· 'wç:dz
a new aspect ə 'nju: 'æspekt ə 'n(j)u 'æspekt
As to labialization of vowels the amount of rounding varies greatly between the
individual speakers. The vowel [ɔ:] seems to retain lip rounding as a rule. The vowels
[ɒ] and [ɒi] have very little, if any, rounding at all in informal speaking. The vowels [u:], [u] seem to lose the rounding altogether.
Diphthongs are very often monophthongized in informal speech.
The diphthong [εə] tends to be simplified to [ε(:)], e.g.
where wεə wε
here and there 'hiər ənd 'ðεəƏ 'hi (ə)r ən 'ðε
In an unstressed position it is further modified to [e], e.g. there is an opinion [ðer iz ən ə'pinjən].
The diphthong [iə] often gets a sort of central vowel realization [ç].
really strange 'riəli 'streindz 'rçli 'streindz
serious action 'siəriəs 'æk∫n 'sçri(ə)s 'æk∫n
The [u] ending diphthongs [au] and [çu] are simplified into [a] and [ç] accordingly.
The various stages of their realizations are found both in stressed and unstressed positions. The quality of the initial element is retained and the second element, the glide, is obscured or lost.
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