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Why is there a flap allophone of /t/ but not of /k/ or /p/?
I'm going to propose that this phenomenon has nothing to do with voiceless stops. I think it's worth pointing out that [ɾ] is an allophone of the voiced /d/ in at least as many accents as [ɾ] is an ...
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How does one show in IPA that the first sound in "get" and "got" is different?
In English, a front(ish) vowel—so, /i:, ɪ, e/ɛ, æ/—will cause the place of articulation of a preceding velar plosive to be slightly advanced. If you try saying the words cot and cat, you will notice ...
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Are /ɑːɹ/ and /æɹ/ allophones?
The other answer is correct. They are not allophones. But if you want even more proof, in the form of a minimal pair, the two words tarry /ˈtɑːri/, (to be covered with tar) and tarry /ˈtæri/ (to delay)...
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Are [ɪ] and [i] are allophones of the same phoneme in English?
The short answer is no. In English, the phones [ɪ] and [i] are not just allophones of a single phoneme.
There are many minimal pairs like "bit-beat", "shit-sheet", "bitch-beach" that establish that [...
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Are /ɑːɹ/ and /æɹ/ allophones?
No, they are not allophones or in complementary distribution. There are several words with /ɑːɹ/ followed by a vowel. The word "starrer" is pronounced /stɑːɹə/ in British English (Lexico), ...
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Difference between word-final iː, i and ɪ
The patterns of contrast and neutralization
In an open word-final syllable with primary stress, the distinction between FLEECE /iː/ and /ɪ/ is definitely neutralized in both the "General American" ...
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Difference between ɒ and ɔ: in terms of sound?
In most American accents, there is no separate /ɒ/ phoneme, as there is in British English. Due to the lot-cloth split (see Wiki), /ɒ/ has become /ɑ/ in some words and /ɔ/ in others. In speakers with ...
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Is the /jʊɹ/ phoneme being streamlined to /jɚ/ in General American?
I also noticed that many words like POOR and TOUR have the /ʊɹ/ phoneme increasingly streamlined to /ɔɹ/.
The situation with "pour," at least, is the straightforward result of of the pour-...
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L-epenthesis in “both” and other words
"Bolth" is widely anecdotally reported, other words much less so.
I have never seen this hypothesis in literature, but I've suspected that the preceding labial consonant in both is somehow ...
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