Talkin’ or talking? Phonological variation in the speech of London teenagers
This paper analyses the (ing) variable in the speech of London teenagers. The study is based on a corpus consisting of approximately five hours of speech collected at Queen Mary’s College, University of London, in October 2012. I argue that the nonstandard form [n], usually associated with the speec...
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| שפה: | English |
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Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
2015-05-01
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| סדרה: | Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| גישה מקוונת: | http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BWPL_2015_1_OANCEA.pdf |
| סיכום: | This paper analyses the (ing) variable in the speech of London teenagers. The study is based on a corpus consisting of approximately five hours of speech collected at Queen Mary’s College, University of London, in October 2012. I argue that the nonstandard form [n], usually associated with the speech of boys is frequently used by girls, contrary to the findings found in the literature on (ing). |
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| ISSN: | 2069-9239 2069-9239 |