Abstract
RP used the KIT and FOOT vowels very widely in weak syllables. Before consonants, they’re increasingly interchangeable with, or replaced by, schwa /ə/. This is further advanced with FOOT than with KIT.
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Lindsey, G. (2019). Chapter 10 Weak Vowel Merger. In: English After RP. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04357-5_11
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