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Standard Vowel Systems of English, German, and Dutch: Variation in Norm

Ernst-August Müller

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Contents: Conservative and progressive vowel systems of American and British English, German and Dutch - Phonemes and major allophones - Free vs. checked vowels - Vowels and rhoticity (R-vocalization) - Pre-sonorant schwa deletion - The true diphthongs of Netherlandic and Belgian Dutch - Consonantal correlates in the progressive systems - Universal and typological aspects - A tentative typology of vowel quantity - Common sociopolitical causes of the recent changes.

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Contents: Conservative and progressive vowel systems of American and British English, German and Dutch - Phonemes and major allophones - Free vs. checked vowels - Vowels and rhoticity (R-vocalization) - Pre-sonorant schwa deletion - The true diphthongs of Netherlandic and Belgian Dutch - Consonantal correlates in the progressive systems - Universal and typological aspects - A tentative typology of vowel quantity - Common sociopolitical causes of the recent changes.

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Contents: Conservative and progressive vowel systems of American and British English, German and Dutch - Phonemes and major allophones - Free vs. checked vowels - Vowels and rhoticity (R-vocalization) - Pre-sonorant schwa deletion - The true diphthongs of Netherlandic and Belgian Dutch - Consonantal correlates in the progressive systems - Universal and typological aspects - A tentative typology of vowel quantity - Common sociopolitical causes of the recent changes.

Key concepts: Diphthong, Schwa, Vowel, Mid vowel, German, Linguistics, Variation (astronomy), Typology

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