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Torgersen, Eivind and Anita Szakay. 2012. An investigation of speech rhythm in London English. Lingua 122 (7) : 822–840.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This paper explores whether syllable-timing is a characteristic of adolescents' Multicultural London English (MLE), as work on rhythm demonstrates that dialect and language contact may make English varieties more syllable-timed.