Fw: Teenage speak and beyond

[Michael H Covarrubias]

Quoting Richard Vallis <rvallis at OPTONLINE.NET>:

>  In my experience, the  individuals
> to which I refer, DO NOT speak this
> way prior to adolescence.  They
> acquire an affectation after the
> onset of their teen years.

Is this based on a longitudinal study? Are you simply saying you've not noticed
it in any speakers prior to adolescence? That claim needs a little deeper digging.

Quoting Richard Vallis <rvallis at OPTONLINE.NET>:

> Hence,  it is not a regional speech pattern.
> It can be heard in Great Neck, Rosllyn,
> Scarsdale and New Rochelle in  the New York
> City vicinity where I live, and in upwardly
> mobile  neighborhoods of other metropolitan
> areas.
> Perhaps you might want to dig a little
> deeper into this.
>
> Richard Vallis

Great Neck, Roslyn, Scarsdale and New Rochelle are all part of a definite region
over which you would expect to find a speech pattern.

Michael

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> > Quoting "Gordon, Matthew J." <GordonMJ at MISSOURI.EDU>:
> >
> > > Both the lowering of /E/ and the backing of /ae/ are found in the =
> > > California Shift and the Canadian Shift. People inclined to believe in =
> > > chain shifting might chalk these movements up to the presence of the =
> > > low-back merger (cot=3Dcaught) in both these regions.
> > >
> > > Self-promotion: http://www.pbs.org/speak/ahead/change/changin/
> > >
> > > -Matt Gordon
> > >
> > >

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