“Ash” [æ] sound then and now: An overview of the current state of knowledge

The objective of this article is to review the existing studies on the British Received Pronunciation “ash” [æ] sound, as well as its varia- tions outside the United Kingdom. It starts with a short analysis of sociolinguistic aspects of the Received Pronunciation accent, then it points out the most...

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Main Author: Barbara Grobelna
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2022-10-01
Series:Estudios de Fonética Experimental
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Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/44003
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description The objective of this article is to review the existing studies on the British Received Pronunciation “ash” [æ] sound, as well as its varia- tions outside the United Kingdom. It starts with a short analysis of sociolinguistic aspects of the Received Pronunciation accent, then it points out the most conspicuous differences between the Received Pronunciation and General American vowel systems. Then, it pre- sents the early beginnings and the further developments of [æ], and finally, it discusses the alternations in the pronunciation of this sound and the most important examples of phonological variations for [æ] outside the UK.
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spelling doaj-art-7eef814dc88f4856a16843b07ceb8a9b2025-08-20T03:07:05ZcatUniversitat de BarcelonaEstudios de Fonética Experimental1575-55332385-35732022-10-0131“Ash” [æ] sound then and now: An overview of the current state of knowledgeBarbara Grobelna The objective of this article is to review the existing studies on the British Received Pronunciation “ash” [æ] sound, as well as its varia- tions outside the United Kingdom. It starts with a short analysis of sociolinguistic aspects of the Received Pronunciation accent, then it points out the most conspicuous differences between the Received Pronunciation and General American vowel systems. Then, it pre- sents the early beginnings and the further developments of [æ], and finally, it discusses the alternations in the pronunciation of this sound and the most important examples of phonological variations for [æ] outside the UK. http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/44003Ash soundReceived pronuntiationGeneral AmericanEnglish vowelsVowel system
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“Ash” [æ] sound then and now: An overview of the current state of knowledge
Estudios de Fonética Experimental
Ash sound
Received pronuntiation
General American
English vowels
Vowel system
title “Ash” [æ] sound then and now: An overview of the current state of knowledge
title_full “Ash” [æ] sound then and now: An overview of the current state of knowledge
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title_full_unstemmed “Ash” [æ] sound then and now: An overview of the current state of knowledge
title_short “Ash” [æ] sound then and now: An overview of the current state of knowledge
title_sort ash ae sound then and now an overview of the current state of knowledge
topic Ash sound
Received pronuntiation
General American
English vowels
Vowel system
url http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/44003
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