| - [Rhotic Vowels](#rhotic-vowels) | - [Rhotic Vowels](#rhotic-vowels) | ||||
| - [Reduced Vowels](#reduced-vowels) | - [Reduced Vowels](#reduced-vowels) | ||||
| - [Diphthongs](#diphthongs) | - [Diphthongs](#diphthongs) | ||||
| - [Split Vowels](#split-vowels) | |||||
| - [References](#references) | - [References](#references) | ||||
| ---------- | ---------- | ||||
| | STRUT | `V` | ʌ | ʌ | | | STRUT | `V` | ʌ | ʌ | | ||||
| | FOOT | `U` | ʊ | ʊ | | | FOOT | `U` | ʊ | ʊ | | ||||
| Additionally, Wells defines the following lexical sets to describe vowels that | |||||
| are different in both RP and GenAm: | |||||
| | Lexical Set | en | RP | GenAm | | |||||
| |-------------|-------|-------|-------| | |||||
| | BATH | `aa` | ɑː | æ | | |||||
| | CLOTH | `O2` | ɒ | ɔ | | |||||
| ### Long Vowels | ### Long Vowels | ||||
| | Lexical Set | en | RP | GenAm | | | Lexical Set | en | RP | GenAm | | ||||
| | GOAT | `oU` | əʊ̯ | oʊ̯ | | | GOAT | `oU` | əʊ̯ | oʊ̯ | | ||||
| | MOUTH | `aU` | aʊ̯ | aʊ̯ | | | MOUTH | `aU` | aʊ̯ | aʊ̯ | | ||||
| ### Split Vowels | |||||
| These are lexical sets defined by John Wells that are merged with other lexical | |||||
| sets in both RP and GenAm, so have split from one of those lexical sets and | |||||
| merged with the other. | |||||
| | Lexical Set | en | RP | GenAm | | |||||
| |-------------|-------|-------|-------| | |||||
| | BATH | `aa` | ɑː | æ | | |||||
| | CLOTH | `O2` | ɒ | ɔ | | |||||
| ## References | ## References | ||||
| 1. <a name="ref1"></a> Wikipedia. | 1. <a name="ref1"></a> Wikipedia. |