tailieunhanh - Gimson's pronunciation of english part 13

Gimson's pronunciation of english part 13. Bài tập luyện ngữ pháp tiếng anh cho mọi người, đây là tài liệu hay và hữu ích có thể giúp các bạn có thể nắm vững được các ngữ pháp tiếng anh cụ thể. | 146 Tie Sou nduf English Figure 29 Warrants of ara aua . In addition in Refined RP the diphthongal pronunciations thus produced are sometimes further reduced to a long monophthong . a a - a and u a - a . If a and a are kept distinct there is nevertheless confusion between fa oua and a resulting in such homophones as shower Shah tower tar. A more extensive levelling criticized as an affectation in RP but also as a Cockney vulgarism and also present in other accents . Liverpool reduces both a a and Ja oj to fa so that homophones of the type shire shower Shah tyre tower tar byre or buyer bower bur are produced all with a . The most likely situation in RP at the moment seems to be a levelling of the two triphthongs to a single diphthong usually a aj but not the further reduction to a monophthong and no loss of the contrast with o . 3 eia e a in General RP . in player greyer conveyor layer. In these examples in which it is a question of ci a a suffix the resultant diphthong is frequently levelled with the ea of there rare etc. Thus such homophones as prayer pray-er lair layer are produced sec for reduction ea to e - 4 au3 - a 3 in General RP levelling frequently occurring between mower slower and myrrh slur with 3 . 5 3ia - o a in General RP as in employer enjoyable buoyant joyous. In these cases the o J element of the diphthong is qualitatively distinct from the value associated with fxl since it has a tongue position not higher than open-mid-Thus drawer one who draws with A a may have a closer initial vowel element than the starting-point of the glide in the reduced form of coir with 6 Some speakers distinguish between sequences of diphthong al usualJ in the case of terminations spelt -el -al . trial towel royal and sequences diphthong 1 . tile owl toil. However the first sequence containing thr vocalic elements may be reduced to a centring diphthong and in the case of second type of sequence an o or o glide is present before ft so that a siin .