Editing General American English (section)

==={{sc2|STRUT}} and {{sc2|COMM{{underline|A}}}} vowels===
The phonetic quality of {{IPA|/ʌ/}} ({{sc2|STRUT}}) varies in General American. It is often an ([[Relative articulation#Advanced|advanced]]) open-mid back unrounded vowel {{IPAblink|ʌ|ʌ̟}}: {{Pronunciation|En-us-uh.ogg|listen|(|help=no}}.{{sfnp|Wells|1982|p=485}}{{sfnp|Roca|Johnson|1999|p=190}} Many Midland, Southern, African-American, and younger speakers nationwide pronounce it somewhat more centralized in the mouth.

Also, some scholars analyze {{IPA|[ʌ]}} to be an allophone of {{IPA|/ə/}} (the unstressed vowel in words like {{Sc2|COMM{{underline|A}}}}, ''banana'', ''oblige'', etc.), that surfaces when stressed, so {{IPA|/ʌ/}} and {{IPA|/ə/}} may be considered to be in [[complementary distribution]], comprising only one phoneme.{{sfnp|Wells|1982|p=132}}

===={{Sc2|STRUT}} in special words====
The {{Sc2|STRUT}} vowel, rather than the one in {{sc2|LOT}} (as in Britain), is used in [[function words]] and certain other words like ''was, of, from, what, everybody, nobody, somebody, anybody'', and, for many speakers ''because'' and rarely even ''want'', when stressed.<ref>According to ''Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition''.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.infoplease.com/want |title=Want: meaning and definitions|publisher=Dictionary.infoplease.com |access-date=May 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bartleby.com/61/55/W0025500.html |title=want. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.|publisher=Bartleby.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109040108/http://www.bartleby.com/61/55/W0025500.html |archive-date=January 9, 2008 |access-date=May 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/want |title=Want – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary|publisher=M-w.com |access-date=May 29, 2013}}</ref>