36.1586, Qs: Any research on the perception of RP(GenBrit)'s "smoothing" by American speakers (GenAm)?

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Subject: 36.1586, Qs: Any research on the perception of RP(GenBrit)'s "smoothing" by American speakers (GenAm)?

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Date: 17-May-2025
From: Zeb [zebura.zenon at gmail.com]
Subject: Any research on the perception of RP(GenBrit)'s "smoothing" by American speakers (GenAm)?


Hello! I've been looking for a research on the perception of
RP(GenBrit)'s "smoothing" by American speakers (GenAm) with no
success.
Anybody know if it's difficult for General American speakers to
recognise the words such as "fire" pronounced as [fɑə, fɑː] and "hour"
as [aə, ɑː]?
Does anybody know?

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Language Family(ies): Germanic



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