Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

1 results

  • Chapter 6 - Discussion

  • Wiebke H. Ahlers, Universität Dortmund
  • Book:
    Consonantal Sound Change in American English
    Published online:
    10 August 2023
    Print publication:
    24 August 2023, pp 195-207

  • Summary

    Chapter 6 discusses both the phonological and the sociolinguistic findings of the study. It underlines that /str/-production is currently encroaching on the phonetic realization of post-alveolar sibilants for many speakers. Phonetically, there is no evidence for an effect of /t/, such that assimilation or coarticulation at a distance is likely. Lexical gradualness was found to be affected significantly be the age of speakers. The data further confirm phonetic gradualness as well as indicators of phonologization. The effect of duration in regression models serves as further evidence for coarticulation. From a sociolinguistic point of view, the chapter discusses the lack of a gender pattern and contrasts this with ethnicity. It further adresses the perception of /str/-clusters in the comments section, which support the assumption that /str/-retraction presents as change from below.