In Eng, two kinds of pronunciations are possible for any three syllable word: SUU and USU, where U and S denote unstressed and stressed syllables.
Stress attracts onset and coda consonants, thereby affects adjacent syllables.
In this post, the focus is on -a-a/e-a words.
SUU variety:
Canada
Panama
Tamara
Cabala, Jewish th
Camera
Pamela
USU variety:
banana
Havana, Cuba
Sahara
bandana
Amanda
Recent discussion on American dialect society list: here, here
Stress attracts onset and coda consonants, thereby affects adjacent syllables.
In this post, the focus is on -a-a/e-a words.
SUU variety:
Canada
Panama
Tamara
Cabala, Jewish th
Camera
Pamela
USU variety:
banana
Havana, Cuba
Sahara
bandana
Amanda
Recent discussion on American dialect society list: here, here
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