1. A typology of laterals in twelve English dialects.
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Kirkham, Sam, Turton, Danielle, and Leemann, Adrian
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DIALECTS ,PHONETICS ,PHONOLOGY ,GENERALIZATION - Abstract
Allophonic patterns of variation in English laterals have been well studied in phonetics and phonology for decades, but establishing broad generalizations across varieties has proven challenging. In this study, a typology of onset/coda lateral distinctions in English is advanced using crowdsourced recordings from 95 speakers across twelve dialects of Anglo (UK) English. Results confirm the existence of dialects with and without onset/coda distinctions, and conditional inference trees are used to identify three main patterns in the data: (1) clear onsets and dark codas; (2) intermediate/dark onsets and dark codas, but with a positional distinction intact; and (3) dark onsets and dark codas, with minimal or no distinctions between positions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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