blbllb Flashcards

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London
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London English (Cockney)
1. T-glottalling
Intervocalic /t/ → [ʔ] alveolar plosive → glottal stop

  1. TH fronting
    /θ, ð/ → [f, v]
  2. L-vocalisation
    non-prevocalic /l/ → [ʊ]
    alveolar lateral → close-mid back vowel
  3. H-dropping
    /h/ dropped in lexical words
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Northeren
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  1. /l/ is typically dark (velarised) in all positions
  2. Final -ng is pronounced [ŋɡ]
    e.g. sing, tongue, nothing
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Scottish English
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Scottish English
1. Rhotic (/r/: approximant, tap or trill)
2. /l/ is dark (velarised) in all contexts

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Irish English
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  1. Rhotic
  2. /l/ is typically clear in all contexts
  3. T-opening (t-frication)
    incomplete closure of /t/ finally and intervocalically
  4. TH-stopping
    /θ/, /ð/ → dental or alveolar plosives [t], [d]
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The South
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  1. Variably rhotic (traditionally non-rhotic
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New York City

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  1. Variably rhotic. Broad/lower class NYC English is typically non-rhotic.
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African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
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  1. TH fronting or stopping
    /θ, ð/ → /f, v/ or /t, d/
    brother /brəvə/, nothing /nətn/, with them /wɪdəm/
  2. Vocalisation of non-prevocalic /l/
    /l/ → [ə] mid central vowel feel [fiːə]
  3. Consonant cluster reduction (deletion of one or more consonants)
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Australia
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  1. /l/ is dark (velarised) in all contexts
  2. Intervocalic /t/ is realised as a voiced tap
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South Africa 2

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  1. Non-rhotic
    /r/ can be approximant, tap or trill
  2. /p, t, k/ are typically unaspirated (no puff of air accompanying the release)
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THE CARIBBEAN
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  1. Variably rhotic
  2. /l/ is clear in all contexts
  3. TH-stopping: plosives /t, d/ instead of dental fricatives /θ, ð/
  4. H-dropping
  5. Consonant cluster reduction (deletion of one or more consonants)
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