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Southern American English (SAE) dialect
Characterized by a
distinctive vowel
drawl
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Southern American Vowel Drawl
Monophthongization
Diphthongization
Vowel Breaking
R-coloring
Lengthening
Glide Insertion
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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]
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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]
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Vowel Breaking
1. A single
vowel
sound is split into a sequence of
two
sounds
2. Example: /æ/ in "cat" pronounced as [æɪ]
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coloring
1. Vowel is often
influenced
by a following /r/
2. Example: Vowel in "car" pronounced with a distinctive
rhotic
sound
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Lengthening
Vowels are often
lengthened
, contributing to the
drawling
quality
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Glide Insertion
1. A
glide
is inserted into
vowel
sounds
2. Example: "
pen
" pronounced as [pɪjən]
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