John Wells's phonetic blog: lexical sets
John Wells
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:06:00 GM
I also prefer to call what you call "LOT-. unrounding. " "the FATHER-BOTHER merger". I think it's better not to be so specific regarding the phonetic quality of the . vowel. , because some North Americans actually use a rounded . vowel. . 1 February 2010 14:18 . ... So far it seems like there isn't much objection to SPA representing a unified phonemic set, whose phonetic realization will be an open . vowel. , made anywhere along the continuum from . front. to back (a to ). Yes? ...
John Wells
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:06:00 GM
I also prefer to call what you call "LOT-. unrounding. " "the FATHER-BOTHER merger". I think it's better not to be so specific regarding the phonetic quality of the . vowel. , because some North Americans actually use a rounded . vowel. . 1 February 2010 14:18 . ... So far it seems like there isn't much objection to SPA representing a unified phonemic set, whose phonetic realization will be an open . vowel. , made anywhere along the continuum from . front. to back (a to ). Yes? ...
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