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Many words have earlier stress in America than in Britain. However, this is less true now than it was in RP, as numerous words have changed, or are changing, to earlier stress.
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Lindsey, G. (2019). Chapter 24 Westward Toward America?. In: English After RP. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04357-5_25
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