Yorkshire assimilation

'Yorkshire assimilation' is a phonetic phenomenon that has been known to occur in Central Northern (British) English. In this paper I make an attempt to phonologically analyze this phonetic phenomenon within the framework of functional phonology (being practised in the Functional School as...

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Published in:Moenia 2009, Vol.15, p.131-157
Main Author: AKAMATSU, Tsutomu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Descriptive studies and applied theories
Linguistics
Phonetics
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Summary:'Yorkshire assimilation' is a phonetic phenomenon that has been known to occur in Central Northern (British) English. In this paper I make an attempt to phonologically analyze this phonetic phenomenon within the framework of functional phonology (being practised in the Functional School associated with Andre Martinet) & conclude that this phonetic phenomenon is interpretable in terms of neutralization & the archiphoneme. In addition, remarks are offered about phonological analyses of Yorkshire assimilation that were conducted by researchers working in theoretical frameworks different from mine. Adapted from the source document
ISSN:1137-2346