A Canterbury Tell
James Hartman (see LLBA 19/1, 8501856) discussed the laxing of tense vowels before /l/ as a feature of speech in the southwest & Rocky Mountain regions, suggesting that it represents one of a set of features adopted by "socially mobile young adults." Although Hartman discusses variatio...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | American speech 1987-07, Vol.62 (2), p.185-187 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | James Hartman (see LLBA 19/1, 8501856) discussed the laxing of tense vowels before /l/ as a feature of speech in the southwest & Rocky Mountain regions, suggesting that it represents one of a set of features adopted by "socially mobile young adults." Although Hartman discusses variation in the pronunciation of sale & claims that speakers with the variation distinguish sale & sell, it is seen that some users do not. Examples such as Must sale! & confusion of tale & tell are discussed. B. Annesser Murray |
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| ISSN: | 0003-1283 1527-2133 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/455291 |