th-fronting

Question 1

what did foulkes and docherty’s (1999) research show?

Answer 1

that th-fronting seems to have spread from london origins all across the country

Question 2

what is th-fronting?

Answer 2

replacement of the /th/ phoneme with a /f/ or /v/

Question 3

what did foulkes and docherty find?

Answer 3

that this phonological feature spread from london throughout the uk in this order:
1) london area
2) south east: reading, milton keynes
3) central england: midlands, south yorkshire, east anglia
4) northern england: hull
5) north east and scotland: newcastle, glasgow

Question 4

what are the two ways that Th is pronounced in RP?

Answer 4

there are 2 different ways that TH is pronounced:
1) (refer to book for symbol) - ‘these’ - voiced sound
2) (refer to book for symbol) - ‘think’ - unvoiced sound

Question 5

what does th-fronting look like in the cockney accent?

Answer 5

th-fronting is where the sounds change
instead of (refer to book for symbol) -> /f/ ‘ think’
instead of (refer to book for symbol) -> /v/ ‘brother’

Question 6

what does th-fronting look like in the multicultural london english accent?

Answer 6

could be (refer to symbol for book) -> /v/ but can also be (refer to symbol for book) -> /d/ - ‘those’
could be (refer to symbol for book) -> /f/ but can also be (refer to symbol for book) -> /t/ - ‘thing’
in MLE it is probably more common to use the /f/ but on some words /t/ is used.

Question 7

what does th-fronting look like in the scouse accent?

Answer 7

just as in MLE, there is the (refer to book for symbol) -> /d/ - ‘this’.
this is not always the case. some people may still pronounce it with a /v/ sound bit it is frequently found to have been the /d/ sound.

Question 8

what does th-fronting look like in the mancunian accent?

Answer 8

in mancunian, there is th-fronting. just like in cockney, (refer to book for symbol -> /v/ and the (refer to book for symbol) -> /f/.