Wells’ standard lexical sets
Gunnel Melchers, Philip B. Shaw, Peter Sundkvist · World Englishes · 2019
Wells’ 24 standard lexical sets GA RP Keyword Wells’ examples ɪ ɪ KIT ship, sick, bridge, milk, myth, busy ε e DRESS step, neck, edge, shelf, friend, ready æ æ TRAP tap, back, badge, scalp, hand, cancel ɑ ɒ LOT stop, sock, dodge, romp, quality ʌ ʌ STRUT cup, suck, budge, pulse, trunk ʊ ʊ FOOT put, bush, full, good, look, wolf æ ɑː BATH staff, brass, ask, dance, sample, calf ɔ ɒ CLOTH cough, broth, cross, long, Boston ɜr ɜː NURSE hurt, lurk, urge, burst, jerk, term i iː FLEECE creep, speak, leave, feel, key, people eɪ eɪ FACE tape, cake, raid, veil, steak, day ɑ ɑː PALM psalm, father, bra, spa, lager ɔ ɔː THOUGHT taught, sauce, hawk, jaw, broad o əʊ GOAT soap, joke, home, know, so, roll u uː GOOSE loop, shoot, tomb, mute, huge, view aɪ aɪ PRICE ripe, write, arrive, high, try, buy ɔɪ ɔɪ CHOICE adroit, noise, join, toy, royal aʊ aʊ MOUTH out, house, loud, count, crowd, cow ɪr ɪə NEAR beer, sincere, fear, beard, serum εr εə SQUARE care, fair, pear, where, scarce, vary ɑr ɑː START far, sharp, bark, carve, farm, heart ɔr ɔː NORTH for, war, short, scorch, born, warm or ɔː FORCE four, wore, sport, porch, borne, story ʊr ʊə CURE poor, tourist, pure, plural ə ə comm A vodka, panda, saga, sofa, visa