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- 1consonantsless groupable
VPM
in the same position behave similarly
T GLOTTALING
H dropping
binary
rare group behaviour - 2vowelsplace of articulation is less specific
not binary
group behavious is common - 3describing vowelswells lexical sets
short
long
rhoticised
unstressed - 4describing consonantsless groupable
vpm
in a similar position they behave similarly
t glottaling
h dropping - 5dialect mapdividing lines= isoglosses
iso- same
gloss- language
areas on either side of an idogloss are assumed to be different with respect to one variable - 6very: happy vowelhappy tensing
• /ɪ/= north Wolverhampton
• /ɪː/= south Wolverhampton+noth east+ Liverpool
• /ɛ/=Nottingham, Yorkshire and manchester - 7cars: rhoticity• historically a big deal in british accents
• /r/= west country, Lancashire, Scotland, ireland, some parts of the US
/∅/= elsewhere - 8few: goose vowel and yod deletion• fʊː/= east Anglia
/fjʊː/=elsewhere - 9made: face vowel• dipthong /eɪ/ or long monothong /eː/
• /eː/= noth of Cheshire, excluding mersyside, south west
• /eɪ/=elsewhere
• /ɪe/= north east? - 10up: strut vowel• and the foot/strut split
• south= different vowels in strut words /ʌ/ and foor words
• north= same vowel in both /ʊ/
• shibboleth of north v south divide (messy in the middle) - 11long: velar nasal plus• some words with (hang, wing, singer) can be either [ɪŋ] or [ɪŋg] or [ɪn]
• [ɪŋg]= noth west (singer=finger)
• [ɪn]= elsewhere (singer ≠ finger - 12Hill: h dropping• h/ is variably dropped in most of the country, but usually not in east Anglia or the north east
this can vary with class, education, formality etc
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- variaties Flashcards on sounds, created by Truely Costen on 22/03/2018.
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