Standard American English pronunciation Conclusion

Because StAmE pronunciation is characterized negatively, by the suppression of identifiable regional and social variants, instead of positively by a collection of its own features, there is less to say about StAmE than about positively-defined varieties from different regions. It is clearly the case, however, that StAmE pronunciation is not somehow a perfect or correct exemplar of American English pronunciation, from which American regional and social varieties are deviant offshoots. StAmE pronunciation is the product of demographic factors, just as American regional and social varieties are. In common usage StAmE refers not to any set of “correct” pronunciations, but to a level of quality in pronunciation that corresponds to the degree of suppression of marked regional and social features.