Southern American vowel drawl

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    • Southern American English (SAE) dialect
      Characterized by a distinctive vowel drawl
    • Southern American Vowel Drawl
      • Monophthongization
      • Diphthongization
      • Vowel Breaking
      • R-coloring
      • Lengthening
      • Glide Insertion
    • Monophthongization
      1. Certain diphthongs are pronounced as single, pure vowel sounds
      2. Example: /aɪ/ in "ride" and "time" pronounced as [aː] or [ɑː]
      3. Example: /aɪ/ in "mine" and "fine" pronounced as [aː]
    • Diphthongization
      1. Simple vowel sounds (monophthongs) are often pronounced as diphthongs
      2. Example: /eɪ/ pronounced as [eɪj] or [æɪ]
      3. Example: /æ/ in "trap" pronounced as [træɪp]
    • Vowel Breaking
      1. A single vowel sound is split into a sequence of two sounds
      2. Example: /æ/ in "cat" pronounced as [æɪ]
      1. coloring
      1. Vowel is often influenced by a following /r/
      2. Example: Vowel in "car" pronounced with a distinctive rhotic sound
    • Lengthening
      Vowels are often lengthened, contributing to the drawling quality
    • Glide Insertion
      1. A glide is inserted into vowel sounds
      2. Example: "pen" pronounced as [pɪjən]
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