Table of Contents
A new pronunciation preference survey
The LPD 1998 survey
Asia (name of continent) Focus on the -s-.
continental drift
the ignorant young
less deference towards RP
the out-of-touch old
…death of a variant
spelling pronunciation
making things regular
the decline of /U@/
the threefold fate of /U@/
or [U@, U:] is taken as /u:/
yod coalescence tj > tS
and dj > dZ
/O: > Q/ before /ls, lt/
plosive epenthesis
internal plosive elision
careless fantasies
where d'you keep the car?
suffix vowel reduction?
suffix vowel stressed!
American influence?
no thanks, we're British
take a deep breath
mysteries remain
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Author: wells
Email: j.wells@ucl.ac.uk
Home Page: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/home.htm
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