3-2 Estuary English Flashcards
Realisational features
what happens ?
The Southern Diphthong Shift
FLEECE [iɪ] - et pas [eɪ] - [əɪ]
FACE moves in the direction of [aɪ]
PRICE [ʌɪ] pas [ɔɪ]
CHOICE [oɪ]
Realisational features
GOAT
is pronounced in a way that sounds like [ʌə]
pas [aə]
Pas (In ‘extreme’ cases, the second element can be [ɪ])
Realisational features
MOUTH
is realised as [æʊ]
pas [æː]
What about H ?
No G dropping in EE, only in Cockney
What about G ?
No G dropping in EE, only in Cockney
What about TH ?
No TH fronting in EE
only in Cockney
Yod ?
Yod dropping and Yod coalescence in Cockney AND in EE !
(new, tune, reduce)
What about dark l ?
Also vocalised in EE !
(milk, shell, bulb..)
S
/s/ palatalisation
str/ → /ʃtr/ → street, strong, Australia
/stj/ → /ʃtj/ → student, studio
(/st/ → [ʃt]) (not as often) → stop
(/sk/ → [ʃk]) (not as often) → score
/sr/ → /ʃr/ → anniversary, grocery, classroom, restaurant
What about glottaling ?
Not as much as in
Cockney, and
especially at the end
of words.
(rabbit, kettle, butterfly, city, water, football..)
What about nt reduction / coalescence ?
Occasional in EE
(I want to bee free, I wanted, I want it, Twenty, Plenty, Went away)
i in final posiiton ?
HappY tensing (tensing of /ɪ/ in final position)
happy, coffee, valley
[ɪ] → [i:]
