The Vocalization of /l/ in Urban Blue Collar Columbus, Oh African American Vernacular English: a Quantitative Sociophonetic Analysis
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چکیده
The types and extent of regional phonetic and phonological variation in African American Vernacular English (AAVE), have, until quite recently, remained largely unknown and understudied, despite sociolinguists’ detailed knowledge of AAVE morphosyntax (Bailey & Thomas 1998). However, with the publication of the papers collected in Thomas & Yeager-Dror (in press), and a series of other recent publications (e.g., Bailey & Thomas, 1998; Thomas, 2001; Wolfram & Thomas, 2002; Fridland & Bartlett, 2006; Labov, et al., 2006), the field has now been given access to a fairly detailed and thorough systematic account of regional variation in the vowel systems of African American (AA) speakers in a variety of locales in the United States. In addition, a good deal of the papers presented in Thomas & Yeager-Dror (to appear) also present much needed research on similarities and differences found between local and regional AAVE varieties and their corresponding European American English (EAE) counterparts.
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