The Bases of SpeechHarper & Brothers, 1934 - 439 pages |
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... English- men would instantly interpret this explanatory spelling as [ sækjula ] ; but speakers from the general American speech area would as instantly and positively interpret it as [ sɛkjular ] . In addition to the controversy thus ...
... English- men would instantly interpret this explanatory spelling as [ sækjula ] ; but speakers from the general American speech area would as instantly and positively interpret it as [ sɛkjular ] . In addition to the controversy thus ...
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... English ( Mercian ) gildan [ jeldan ] , and modern English yield [ jild ] . By a similar process , Old English cinn [ kın ] became modern English chin [ tSin ] . The raising of vowels promotes palatalization in modern American English ...
... English ( Mercian ) gildan [ jeldan ] , and modern English yield [ jild ] . By a similar process , Old English cinn [ kın ] became modern English chin [ tSin ] . The raising of vowels promotes palatalization in modern American English ...
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... English speech , but the foreign substratum " shows through " in the form of pure vowels instead of English diphthongal vowels , substituted foreign consonants for English consonants unfamiliar to the . original immigrants , rhythms and ...
... English speech , but the foreign substratum " shows through " in the form of pure vowels instead of English diphthongal vowels , substituted foreign consonants for English consonants unfamiliar to the . original immigrants , rhythms and ...
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THE SOCIAL BASIS OF SPEECH I | 1 |
Sine Curve | 59 |
Cruvas Disc | 64 |
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