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Pronunciation of English ⟨a⟩

There are a variety of pronunciations in Modern English and in historical forms of the language for words spelled with the letter ⟨a⟩. Most of these go back to the low vowel (the "short A") of earlier Middle English, which later developed both long and short forms. The sound of the long vowel was altered in the Great Vowel Shift, but later a new long A…

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Old and Middle English

Further development of Middle English /aː/

Changes in realization of /a/

Development of the new long A

TRAP–BATH split

TRAP–STRUT merger

Bad–lad split

/æ/ raising

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Pronunciation of English ⟨a⟩

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english vowel words middle long pronunciation also short broadening trap standard found ɑː modern aː however pronounced american developed æː

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