Abstract
RP used short-lax [ɪ] in many contexts. Today it occurs only before consonants. Elsewhere it’s been replaced with the long-tense FLEECE vowel /iː/ [ɪj], or in closing diphthongs with a glide, [i̯] or [j].
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Lindsey, G. (2019). Chapter 8 KIT: Still Going Strong (but happY Never Existed). In: English After RP. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04357-5_9
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