- pronunciation - Difference between ä , ɒ , and ɑ - English Language . . .
North America has what we call the father-bother merger, where ɑ and ɒ often end up as the same sound, oftentimes ɑ So thus ɑ would be a better choice in North America Merriam-Webster's system is a bit unique I don't like to use it in a linguistic discussion ä = IPA ɑ
- american english - What is the difference between ɔ and ɑ . . .
What are the differences between ɑ and ɔ in American English? Also Is it right to pronounce 'tall' as 'tahl' instead of 'tawl' and American pronunciation of {tall, taught, law, bought} vs {father, pasta, drop}, among others –
- What are the differences between ɑ and ɔ in American English?
I learned ɑ and ɔ represent two different vowels However,recently I read a book, the American writer said she didn't differentiate between ɑ or ɔ She used only ɑ for everything so I think dog, door,caught, cot, core, car must be ɑ It's easier for me to just say that everything represents ɑ
- pronunciation - Whats the difference between ɒ and ɑ ? - English . . .
I don'tthink either of them is ɑ Stephen Fry and Jim Dale are both British (And just to confuse things further, I am American but pronounce swallow with ɔ and not ɑ : i e , the vowel I use in caller, and not the one I use in collar) –
- american english - Minimal pairs with ʌ and ɑ - English Language . . .
In General American English, they use ɑ in words like bot, don, hot, cot and ʌ in strut, cut, done So dʌn will be understood by natives of both the UK and the US as done However, dɑ(ː)n will be understood by most Americans as don , but by British as darn because British English uses ɒ (a rounded version of ɑ ) in most words
- pronunciation - distinguish [ӕ] from [ɑ] - English Language Learners . . .
All your "distinguish ӕ and ɑ " questions seem to be before l I know that in American English, these vowels are altered slightly before l This may also be true in British English, and may be confusing you If this is also true in Korean, it would be really confusing –
- pronunciation - Does this symbol æ mean two sounds? - English . . .
Perhaps in your book, the author might write that the æ sound, the vowel of words such as, cat and rat is a combination of ɑ + e sound I believe that the book just tries to help the reader to imagine the position of the mouth, assuming that the reader already knows how to produce both the ɑ and e sounds
- phonetics - What kind of a-sound does IPA aɪ depict? - English . . .
The difference between a and ɑ is often insignificant to English speakers, because the pairs of words in the same dialect are not distinguished by a and ɑ If you listen to an American pronunciation of " hot (listen) " you will hear the ɑ sound, which also occurs in the British (RP) pronunciation of "palm" The a sound occurs in
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