Perceptual-phonetic study of developmental trends in the british monophthongs of the english language
The paper discusses the development trends of the pronunciation standard of the British variant of the English language focused on monophthongs of the phonetic system. The author considers the classification of pronunciation changes, developed by the famous British phonetician A. Gimson. The classification is based on the degree of completion of the process of changes. The paper presents the analysis of four distinctive features that characterize the development of the British monophthongs. According to the results of the study, the most frequent tendency of changes in the monophthong system is the open sound [ɒ], which becomes the mid-open sound [ɔ] with 81 % of the potential phonetic realizations in the research material.