English accents

14. American English (cont.)

Wells, 2000:Longman

PronunciationDictionary

t voicing

atom Adamˈætəm ˈædəmˈædəm

That's great!greatera great ideaa great manyI feel great this morningthe Great Lakesgreatness

nt reduction

countycountercount itcount themcount upcountless

intervocalic l

valley

selling

silly

hollow

salad

syllabic n

Clinton sentencemountain

dental continental

strong vowel in -ary, -ery, -ory, -ony

momentary cemeterycategoryceremony

BrE:

weak vowel in -ile

missile agile docile tactile

BrE:

penultimate stress for disyllabic verbs in -ate

vibrate locate pulsate

BrE:

AmE-BrE lexicophonetic differences

tomato

clerk

herb