Trap–bath split An example of the trap–bath split Problems playing this file? See media help. The TRAP–BATH split is a vowel split that occurs mainly in...

derived. TRAP–BATH split An example of the TRAP–BATH split Problems playing this file? See media help. The TRAP–BATH split is a vowel split that occurs...

use the flat /æ/ TRAP vowel. In South Australia, however, there is a high proportion of people who use the broad /aː/ PALM vowel in BATH words. For example...

the short vowel. Similar changes took place in words with ⟨a⟩; see trap–bath split and /æ/-tensing. The cot–caught merger, discussed below, has removed...

accents of English across England, one of the most obvious being the trap–bath split of the southern half of the country. Two main sets of accents are spoken...

early-mid-20th century. Trap–bath split: The Mid-Atlantic accent commonly exhibits the TRAP-BATH split of RP. However, unlike in RP, the BATH vowel does not retract...

example feature is the trap–bath split, which also helped define the eastern Virginia accent in its British-style imitation. The split was also adopted in...

trap–bath split of Received Pronunciation, affecting words such as class, staff and last (/klɑːs/, /stɑːf/ and /lɑːst/ respectively). Though the trap-bath...

/ə/ is restricted to unstressed syllables, as in most dialects. The trap-bath split is a regional variable in Australia, with the PALM vowel /aː/ being...

including a coil–curl merger), and the Southern trap–bath split (a version of the trap–bath split unique to older Southern U.S. speech that causes words...

change THOUGHT /ɔː/ /ɔ/ or /ɑ/ /ɑ/ cot–caught merger CLOTH /ɒ/ lot–cloth split LOT /ɑ/ father–bother merger PALM /ɑː/ BATH /æ/ /æ/ trap–bath split TRAP /æ/...

Most varieties of Australian English exhibit only a partial trap-bath split. The words bath, grass and can't are always pronounced with the "long" /aː/...

vowel as trap or cat, usually [a]. For more details see Trap–bath split. Some areas of the West Country use [aː] in both the TRAP and BATH sets. The...

Homophonous pairs /f, v/ /θ, ð/ IPA Notes barf bath ˈbɑːf Non-rhotic accents with trap-bath split. deaf death ˈdɛf duff doth ˈdʌf elf health ˈɛlf With...

southern England (in places like London), such as non-rhoticity and the TRAP–BATH split. The two main phonological features that mark South African English...

than the long /ɑː/ due to the lack of the trap–bath split: /ɡɹas, pat̪, ˈsampəl/. As with the foot–strut split, an attempt to use /ɑː/ in an RP-like way...

accents pronounce ate as /ɛt/ Bart bath ˈbɑːt Non-rhotic accents with trap–bath split. bat bath ˈbæt Without trap–bath split. bayed bathe ˈbeɪd bet Beth ˈbɛt...

in its word patterns but not in its resulting pronunciation to the trap-bath split of certain British English accents, notably the London and Received...

/ɑː/, developed that did not exist in Middle English. The trap–bath split is a vowel split whereby the Early Modern English phoneme /æ/ merged with the...

development of rhotic and non-rhotic accents (i.e. "r-dropping") and the trap-bath split in many dialects of British English. The following table shows the...

perhaps slightly backed; this distinction can maintain a London-like TRAP–BATH split. Both LOT/CLOTH and THOUGHT use a rounded [ɔ], though a cot-caught...

relatively conservative. Examples include the modern RP features of a trap–bath split and the fronting of /oʊ/, neither of which is typical of General American...

the split is a less common feature of educated Northern English speech than the absence of the trap–bath split. The absence of the foot–strut split is...

English and West Country English. There is no trap-bath split, so there is no /ɑː/ in words like bath, grass, etc., so to rhyme with math(s), gas, etc...

other Northern English dialects, the BATH vowel is short /a/ in Geordie, thus there is no London-style trap–bath split. There are a small number of exceptions...

less fronted START vowel in some speakers, non-rhotic NURSE, and a TRAP–BATH split ([æ] versus [a]). This accent corresponds in its time-frame and in...

awarded Freedom Of The City of Belfast. /-fɑːst/ for speakers with the Trap-bath split, /-fæst/ for speakers without it Weather station is located 2.5 miles...

significant regional variation in terms of the extent to which the trap–bath split has taken hold particularly before /nd/ (especially the suffix -mand)...

[ä, äː], or somewhat higher [æ̠(ː) ~ ɐ(ː)]. TRAP–BATH split New Zealand English has the TRAP–BATH split: words like dance /daːns/, chance /tʃaːns/, plant...

merger and wait-weight merger. haul all ˈɔːl haunt aunt ˈɑːnt With trap-bath split and father-bother merger. hawk auk ˈɔːk hawk orc ˈɔːk In non-rhotic...