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‘Short a’ in Melbourne English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Barry J. Blake
Barry J. Blake
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(Monash University)
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Ferguson (1972) described the distribution of æ and æ: in his native Philadelphia speech and pointed out that these two varieties of low, front vowel have different distributions in different dialects. He ended his paper with a plea for further data collection in more dialects that would lead ‘to better understanding of the synchronic system and to more satisfactory hypotheses about the diachrony’ (1972:273). This paper is in response to his request and consists of a description of the distribution of æ and æ: in my native Melbourne speech.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , June 1985 , pp. 6 - 20
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1985

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