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Vowels before /r/ START  
  
457   11:33 صباحاً   date: 2024-03-28
Author : Sandra Clarke
Book or Source : A Handbook Of Varieties Of English Phonology
Page and Part : 374-21


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Vowels before /r/ START

The low vowel in words like START – like the low vowels in non-pre-/r/ position (e.g. TRAP, LOT) – typically displays a considerably more fronted articulation in NfldE than that found in mainland Canadian varieties. For many speakers, representing the full social spectrum, the realization is . Some urban, younger and more educated Newfoundland residents, however, utilize a lower or more retracted vowel, in the region of [a], .