Whence the fuzziness? Morphological effects in interacting sound changes in Southern British English

The fronting of the high-back /uː/ and /ʊ/, as currently seen in Southern British English (SBE), is a rare opportunity to study two similar sound changes at different stages of their phonetic development: /uː/-fronting is a more advanced change than /ʊ/-fronting. Since the fronting in both vowels is...

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Main Authors: Patrycja Strycharczuk, James M Scobbie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2017-04-01
Series:Laboratory Phonology
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Online Access:http://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/24