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Southern British English 2

Posted on 2014/02/15 by swphonetics

RP SBE vowel formants This page introduces a spectrographic study of the monophthong vowels of five speakers of RP (the same five speakers who were introduced in Part 1). Together, they cover 100 years (birth years from 1874 to 1961), … Continue reading →

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Rhoticity in Lancashire 3: Preston to Colne

Posted on 2014/01/20 by swphonetics

This page continues from the first part of this series, which has the introduction, definition of rhoticity, and the report for Area A (Liverpool-Manchester). The report for Area B (Southport, Chorley, Bolton, Rochdale) is here. This page reports Area C … Continue reading →

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Southern British English 1

Posted on 2014/01/10 by swphonetics

  1. Estuary English before Rosewarne Some 25 years ago I was confronted with an enigmatic comment “You do this new thing awfully well”, followed by a necessary explanation, “the way you speak”. That new thing? What new thing? I’d … Continue reading →

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