‘Short a’ in Melbourne English
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the International Phonetic Association
- Vol. 15 (1) , 6-20
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025100300002899
Abstract
Ferguson (1972) described the distribution of æ and æ: in his native Philadelphia speech and pointed out that these two varieties of low, front vowel have different distributions in different dialects. He ended his paper with a plea for further data collection in more dialects that would lead ‘to better understanding of the synchronic system and to more satisfactory hypotheses about the diachrony’ (1972:273). This paper is in response to his request and consists of a description of the distribution of æ and æ: in my native Melbourne speech.Keywords
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