Holmes-Elliott, S. and Smith, J. (2015) DRESS-down: /ε/-lowering in apparent time in a rural Scottish community. In: ICPhS 2015: 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow, UK, 10-14 Aug 2015,
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Abstract
This paper presents a sociophonetic investigation of /ɛ/-lowering in apparent time. The data come from 24 speakers, across three generations from Buckie, northeast Scotland (12 males, 12 females). Acoustic analysis of the DRESS-vowel reveals that it is lowering in apparent time. Inspection of the constraints reveals an interaction of internal and external constraints. Analysis of the phonetic context revealed that following-l promoted DRESS lowering. However, this conditioning was only significant for the young females who were shown to be leading the change. The results presented here are related to broader phonological characteristics of the Buckie dialect as well as ongoing changes in a number of different English varieties.
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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| Keywords: | phonetics, language change, sociolinguistics, sociophonetics |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Holmes-Elliott, Dr Sophie and Smith, Professor Jennifer |
| Authors: | Holmes-Elliott, S., and Smith, J. |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Language and Linguistics |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 The Authors |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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