Dressing down up north: DRESS-lowering and /l/ allophony in a Scottish dialect
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DOI: 10.1017/s0954394517000278
Abstract: Abstract This study reports on a sociophonetic investigation of dress-lowering in a rural dialect in northeast Scotland. Previous analyses have indicated that this change is ongoing in a number of varieties worldwide, propelled by a… read more here.
Keywords: dress lowering; north dress; dialect; change ... See more keywords
Phonological change and interdialectal differences between Egyptian and Coptic: ḏ, ṯ → c = ϫ versus ḏ, ṯ → t = ⲧ
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DOI: 10.1075/dia.19076.kil
Abstract: The development of the Egyptian palatals ḏ and ṯ has long been a thorny issue in Egyptian linguistics. No convincing phonological rule for it has been identified so far. In the present paper I argue… read more here.
Keywords: dialect; change interdialectal; interdialectal differences; phonological change ... See more keywords
The Role of Acoustic Distance and Sociolinguistic Knowledge in Dialect Identification
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00818
Abstract: Listeners are able to quite accurately distinguish between different dialects of their native language, but little is known about the process of dialect identification and the phonetic cues listeners use to identify someone’s regional origin.… read more here.
Keywords: dialect; distance; dialect identification; acoustic distance ... See more keywords
Language Separation in Bidialectal Speakers: Evidence From Eye Tracking
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01394
Abstract: The aim of this study was to find out how people process the dialectal variation encountered in the daily linguistic input. We conducted an eye tracking study (Visual Word Paradigm) that targeted the online processing… read more here.
Keywords: dialect; gender; group; sogn ... See more keywords
Acoustic Correlates of English Lexical Stress Produced by Chinese Dialect Speakers Compared to Native English Speakers
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.796252
Abstract: English second language learners often experience difficulties in producing native-like English lexical stress. It is unknown which acoustic correlates, such as fundamental frequency (F0), duration, and intensity, are the most problematic for Chinese dialect speakers.… read more here.
Keywords: english lexical; stress; acoustic correlates; chinese dialect ... See more keywords
Non-Native Dialect Matters: The Perception of European and Brazilian Portuguese Vowels by Californian English Monolinguals and Spanish–English Bilinguals
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DOI: 10.3390/languages3030037
Abstract: Studies show that second language (L2) learners’ perceptual patterns differ depending on their native dialect (e.g., Chladkova and Podlipský 2011; Escudero and Williams 2012). Likewise, speakers from the same native language background show different perceptual… read more here.
Keywords: native dialect; dialect; perception; californian english ... See more keywords