American English lacks the short vowel /o/, it is replaced by a vowel /a:/ which is similar to rp vowel in father:

RP lock [lok], dog [dog], stop [stop];

GA lock |la:k], dog [da:g], stop [sta:p].

3. Содержание

   • National Standards
   • Regional Standards
   • Local Accents
   • 2. Major accent types: British and American
   • American English lacks the short vowel /o/, it is replaced by a vowel /a:/ which is similar to rp vowel in father:
   • The rp vowel /o/ can also be replaced by a long vowel /o:/:
   • Consonants
   • Word stress
   • Intonation
   • 3.British regional features
   • American regional features
   • 5. Social Variation: Social factors and social markers.
   • 6. Language change in progress
   • Processes almost complete
   • Changes well-established,
   • Recent innovations