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soft a
Noun
US
informal
Japanese Meaning
アフリカ系アメリカン・ヴァーナキュラー・イングリッシュにおいて、口語表現「nigga」の末尾に現れる曖昧な母音（シュワ音）を指す用語。一般的なアメリカ英語の発音での硬いr音とは対照的な、より柔らかい発音を意味する。
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(US, informal), the schwa sound at the end of the African-American Vernacular English word nigga, as contrasted with the hard r sound at the end of the word nigger when spoken with a General American accent and considered maximally racist
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In a sociolinguistics lecture the professor explained the soft a as the schwa ending in African American Vernacular English nigga, contrasted with the hard r pronunciation in the racist slur nigger.
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In a sociolinguistics lecture the professor explained the soft a as the schwa ending in African American Vernacular English nigga, contrasted with the hard r pronunciation in the racist slur nigger.
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