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188 Humanities Journal Vol.21, No.1 (January-June 2014)

Table 3 The results of vowel and diphthong substitution

Non-standard Excerpts Standard forms No. of
forms occurrence
1. /ɔ/ or /u/ to /ə/ gonna, wanta, going to, want to, 938
outa, kinda out of, kind of

2. /o/ to /ə/ fella, pilla, fellow, pillow, 470
yella yellow

3. /e/ to / ɪ / git get 191
4. /ɑ/ to /ɔ/ awright, alright, almighty, 135
awmighty, already
awready

5. /æ/ to /ɪ/ kin can 21

From table 3 there are two prominent non-standard features of
vowel and diphthong substitutions which are /o/ to /ə/, and /ɔ/ or /u/ to /ə/.

1) /o/ to /ə/ sound
The /o/ sound that is replaced by the /ə/ sound normally occurs
when the sound follows the stressed syllables. In such case, the last
syllables of the words ‘fellow’, ‘tomorrow’, ‘pillow’, and ‘yellow’ became

weaker.
- You come to a good place, fella [IDB, p.148]
- tomorra we gonna go [OMM, p.9]
- all but a sofa pilla [TGW, p.27]