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The document discusses how the Italian language has influenced Standard American English speech sounds. Some key ways Italian has influenced English include changing some vowel sounds like /æ/ to become /a/ and /ɔ/ to become /o/. Italian phonetic constraints like unaspirated consonants and no consonant-ending words can lead English learners of Italian to make mistakes like deleting final consonants in English. Early exposure to English affects how native Italian speakers perceive and produce certain English

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