A SOCIOPHONETIC INVESTIGATION OF POSTVOCALIC /r/ IN GLASWEGIAN ADOLESCENTS

Jane Stuart-Smith
Department of English Language, University of Glasgow

ID 1307
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This paper presents an auditory and acoustic study of postvocalic /r/ in 12 working-class Glaswegian male speakers, young and old. The results support the view that a process of derhoticisation is underway in Scottish English, but in such a way that the contrast between words with and without /r/ is still generally maintained, albeit differently for individual speakers.