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Publication details [#61687]

Clark, Lynn and Kevin Watson. 2016. Phonological leveling, diffusion, and divergence: /t/ lenition in Liverpool and its hinterland. Language Variation and Change 28 (1) : 31–62.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
attitude | language change | language spread | phonological change | speech community | standard1 vs. dialect2
Language as a subject
English, British
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Journal WWW
journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Intra-speech community linguistic change via transfer, here the phonological leveling and spread of /t/ lenition variants in Liverpool (L), retains its structural intricacy, in contrast to simplified changes diffused over speech communities (L's hinterland Skelmersdale (S)/t/ lenition variants), albeit speaker attitudes to L and S affect variant constraints too.