About: English-language vowel changes before historic /r/

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In English, many vowel shifts affect only vowels followed by /r/ in rhotic dialects, or vowels that were historically followed by /r/ that has been elided in non-rhotic dialects. Most of them involve the merging of vowel distinctions and so fewer vowel phonemes occur before /r/ than in other positions of a word.

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  • In English, many vowel shifts affect only vowels followed by /r/ in rhotic dialects, or vowels that were historically followed by /r/ that has been elided in non-rhotic dialects. Most of them involve the merging of vowel distinctions and so fewer vowel phonemes occur before /r/ than in other positions of a word. (en)
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  • Hurry vs. furry (en)
  • Example of an American speaker without the Mary–marry–merry merger (en)
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  • En-ne-hurry furry.ogg (en)
  • En-us-ne-worry.ogg (en)
  • En-us-worry.ogg (en)
  • Mary-marry-merry.ogg (en)
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  • Distinction between hurry and furry (en)
  • Mary–marry–merry (en)
  • Speaker with merger: worry (en)
  • Speaker without merger: worry (en)
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  • speech (en)
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  • In English, many vowel shifts affect only vowels followed by /r/ in rhotic dialects, or vowels that were historically followed by /r/ that has been elided in non-rhotic dialects. Most of them involve the merging of vowel distinctions and so fewer vowel phonemes occur before /r/ than in other positions of a word. (en)
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  • English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ (en)
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