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The status of long /iː/ as a phoneme is debated; although traditionally considered distinct from short /i/ by linguists, modern scholars have found that a growing number of primarily younger, working-class speakers have begun incorporating a {{sc|kit}}-{{sc|fleece}} merger, so that {{l|en|fit}} and {{l|en|feet}} are pronounced the same. However, a lack of such a merger is still generally considered the standard pronunciation. | The status of long /iː/ as a phoneme is debated; although traditionally considered distinct from short /i/ by linguists, modern scholars have found that a growing number of primarily younger, working-class speakers have begun incorporating a {{sc|kit}}-{{sc|fleece}} merger, so that {{l|en|fit}} and {{l|en|feet}} are pronounced the same. However, a lack of such a merger is still generally considered the standard pronunciation. | ||
/ɜː/ only occurs as an allophone of /uː/ in open coda syllables, so ''zoo'' is pronounced /ˈsɜː/. In younger speakers this may be lowered further to an elongated [[w:Schwa|schwa]] /əː/. | |||
===Rhoticity=== | ===Rhoticity=== | ||
Although traditionally considered a [[w:Rhoticity in English|rhotic dialect]], rhoticity in Poccasin English is in reality incredibly variable, and often dependent on speaker. | |||
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|+ R-colored vowels in Poccasin English | |||
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! [[w:Help:IPA/English|English diaphoneme]] !! Poccasin phoneme !! Examples | |||
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| /ɑːr/ || [aɹ~aːɹ~aː] || b'''ar'''n, c'''ar''', p'''ar'''k | |||
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| /ɛər/ || [ɛɹ~ɛə] || b'''are''', b'''ear''', th'''ere''' | |||
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| /ɜːr/ || [ɹ̩ː~ɛː] || b'''ur'''n, f'''ir'''st, h'''er'''d | |||
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| /ər/ || [əɹ~ɹ̩~ɛɹ] || bett'''er''', mart'''yr''', doct'''or''' | |||
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| /ɪər/ || [iɹ~ijə~ija] || f'''ear''', p'''eer''', t'''ier''' | |||
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| rowspan=2 | /ɔːr/ || [ɔɹ~oə̯~oi̯] || horse, born, north | |||
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| [uɹ] || h'''oar'''se, f'''or'''ce, p'''or'''k | |||
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| /ʊər/ || [uə̯~ua̯] || p'''oor''', s'''ure''', t'''our''' | |||
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| /jʊər/ || [jəɹ~juɹ] || c'''ure''', '''Eur'''ope, p'''ure''' | |||
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Poccasin English is notable among most standard dialects of English for largely resisting the [[w:English-language vowel changes before historic /r/#Horse–hoarse merger|{{sc|horse}}-{{sc|hoarse}} merger]], (also called the {{sc|north}}-{{sc|force}} merger) instead pronouncing the {{sc|horse}} class as /ɔɹ/ (occasionally in some working class accents as /oə̯/ or /oi̯/) and the {{sc|hoarse}} set as /uɹ/, which is contrasted with the /ʊər/ diaphoneme that is always pronounced non-rhotically as /uə̯/ or /ua̯/. The only exception to this rule is the conjunction {{l|en|or}}, which is largely always pronounced /ɔ~o/. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Dialects]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Dialects]] | ||