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6.8 Some American dialect features

The following are dialectal features affecting vowels. Keep in mind that you are not expected to adopt these features in your own speech.

 

Consists of the following parts:

6.8.1 Southern breaking

6.8.2 Centralization

6.8.3 /ʊ/-unrounding

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