The pronunciation of "have"

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Is "have" pronounced as /əv/ not as /hæv/ when it is not used as an auxiliary verb?

These examples are from "Practical English Usage" by Michael Swan.

1. "Where have you been?" /əv/

2. "You might have told me." /əv/

3. "What did you have for breakfast?" /hæv/
 

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Yes, except when the speaker is emphasizing the word: Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you!
 

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Is "have" pronounced as /əv/ not as /hæv/ when it is not used as an auxiliary verb?

These examples are from "Practical English Usage" by Michael Swan.

1. "Where have (=auxiliary verb) you been?" /əv/

2. "You might (=modal (auxiliary) verb) have (=auxiliary verb) told (=lexical/main verb) me." /əv/

3. "What did you have (=lexical/main verb) for breakfast?" /hæv/

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Yes, except when the speaker is emphasizing the word: Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you!


But in actual pronunciation, at least in AmE, you would most probably hear/say, "werve you been" and "you mightof told me".
 

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Most Americans have a rhotic accent and thus pronounce the R in "matter".
It's true throughout most of the country. But the New York metropolitan region, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, and other parts of the northeast, lots of local accents drop that R.

A lot of southern accents drop it, too, as in "What we have heah is failyuh to communicate":

 
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