Orthoepic and orthophonic characteristics of the St.Petersburg and Moscow norm. Vowel articulation: /e/ and /i/ predominance. /j/ articulation in the beginning of a word according to the literary norm and in spontaneous speech. Words beginning with the letter “э”. The vowel /a/ after the sibilants. Unstressed vowels in loan words. Post-tonic inflexional suffixes of adjectives. Orthophonic characteristics of stressed vowels.