Advances in sociophonetics / edited by Chiara Celata, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa ; Silvia Calamai, Università degli Studi di Siena.

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This paper describes the phonetic form, the distribution and the possible functions of ejectives in English and German, proposing that ejectives are on the increase in different varieties in English. The problems of teasing apart the different contributions of allophonic regularity, interactional function, sociophonetic variability and epiphenomenal inevitability in accounting for ejectives in English are discussed. Possible production mechanisms behind ejectives in both languages are explored and doubt is cast on previous epiphenomenal accounts which have ignored the importance of a pulmonic.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Advances in Sociophonetics; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data ; Table of contents; Introduction: Sociophonetic perspectives on language variation; 1. Why this volume?; 2. Setting the stage: Variationism and sociolinguistics; 3. Patterns of sociophonetic variation ; 4. Problematic sociophonetics; 5. Acknowledgments; References; Part I. Variation and sociolinguistics; The sociophonetic orientation of the language learner; 1. Introduction; 2. Rejection of parental idiosyncrasy; 2.1 The King of Prussia study; 2.2 Milton Keynes; 2.3 The future in Tok Pisin.

2.4 The low back merger in Eastern Massachusetts2.5 The change of apical to uvular /r/ in Montreal; 2.6 Second vs. third generation in New York City; 2.7 The effect of ethnicity on sound change in Philadelphia ; 3. Where ethnicity emerges; 4. Conclusion; References; French liaison and the lexical repository ; 1. Introduction: Datum and exemplum approaches in the study of phonological variation; 2. The distributional analysis of French liaison; 3. Results; 3.1 Distributional analysis of liaison types; 3.2 Distributional analysis of liaison consonants.

3.3 Distributional analysis of liaison types according to age and educational level4. General discussion; 5. Conclusions; References; Part II. Sources and functions of sociophonetic variation; Derhoticisation in Scottish English: A sociophonetic journey ; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Derhoticisation in Scottish English in the twentieth century; 2. Derhoticisation in Scottish English in the 2000s; 3. Social factors in Glaswegian derhoticisation; 4. Scottish derhoticisation and the listener; 4.1 The listener as analyst: Auditory phonetic representations of derhoticisation.

4.2 The listener in the community: Evidence from speech perception5. The acoustic characteristics of derhoticising /r/ ; 6. Investigating derhoticisation using articulatory data; 6.1 Derhoticisation and gestural timing; 6.2 Tongue configuration and derhoticisation; 6.3 Accessing derhoticisation? -- Back to the listener; 7. Discussion and reflection: The sociophonology of Scottish derhoticisation; 7.1 Analytical representation of sociophonetic variation: The speaker-hearer triangle; 7.2 Mental representation of sociophonetic variation: A symbolic relationship?; 8. Conclusions; References.

Where and what is (t, d)? A case study in taking a step back in order to advance sociophonetics1. Introduction; 2. (t, d) and Connected Speech Processes; 2.1 Release characteristics; 2.2 Lenition; 2.2.1 Lenition patterns in word-final stops; 2.2.2 Sociolinguistic variation in lenition; 2.2.3 Contextual effects on full lenition; 2.2.4 Co-occurring patterns of lenition; 2.3 Glottalisation; 2.4 Voicing assimilation; 2.5 Place assimilation; 2.6 Coalescence; 3. Discussion; 3.1 (t, d) and CSPs; 3.2 Modelling variation in word-final stops; 4. Conclusions; References.

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