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  2. Comparison of General American and Received Pronunciation

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    Rhoticity – GA is rhotic while RP is non-rhotic; that is, the phoneme /r/ is only pronounced in RP when it is immediately followed by a vowel sound. [5] Where GA pronounces /r/ before a consonant and at the end of an utterance, RP either has no consonant (if the preceding vowel is /ɔː/, /ɜ:/ or /ɑː/, as in bore, burr and bar) or has a schwa instead (the resulting sequences being ...

  3. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb. Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or ...

  4. American and British English pronunciation differences

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    Differences in pronunciation between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE) can be divided into . differences in accent (i.e. phoneme inventory and realisation).See differences between General American and Received Pronunciation for the standard accents in the United States and Britain; for information about other accents see regional accents of English.

  5. Thomas Jefferson University apologizes for viral ...

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    "And my apologies for the phonetic spelling or pronunciation of the names that was on the cards. I would have been better just reading from the book. My apologies, graduates," they said.

  6. Wikipedia : Pronunciation (simple guide to markup, American)

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    The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary suggests the first pronunciation. Similarly, this pronunciation markup guide will choose the most widely used form. NOTE: This guide is designed to be simple and easy to use. This can only be achieved by giving up scope and freedom from occasional ambiguity.

  7. English phonology - Wikipedia

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    For example, the noun increase and the verb increase are distinguished by the positioning of the stress on the first syllable in the former, and on the second syllable in the latter. (See initial-stress-derived noun.) Stressed syllables in English are louder than non-stressed syllables, as well as being longer and having a higher pitch.

  8. Heteronym (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    noun the eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars axes / ˈ æ k s iː z / noun: pl. of axis / ˈ æ k s ɪ z / noun pl. of axe: bases / ˈ b eɪ s ɪ z / noun plural of base / ˈ b eɪ s iː z / noun plural of basis: bass / ˈ b eɪ s / noun low in pitch / ˈ b æ s / noun a fish blessed / ˈ b l ɛ s ɪ d / adjective having ...

  9. Pronunciation of English a - Wikipedia

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    Another possible reduced pronunciation (depending on dialect) is /ɪ/ in cases where the reduction of FACE vowel might be expected, -ace, -age, -ate (only adjectives and nouns), as in the second syllables of palace, message and private, etc. Irregular developments in a few words, particularly any and many.