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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Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
2015-05-01
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| description | 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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| title_short | Talkin’ or talking? Phonological variation in the speech of London teenagers |
| title_sort | talkin or talking phonological variation in the speech of london teenagers |
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