22.624, Qs: Connecticut English: Glottal + Nasal Sequences

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Subject: 22.624, Qs: Connecticut English: Glottal + Nasal Sequences

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Date: 01-Feb-2011
From: David Eddington [eddington at byu.edu]
Subject: Connecticut English: Glottal + Nasal Sequences
 

	
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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:47:00
From: David Eddington [eddington at byu.edu]
Subject: Connecticut English: Glottal + Nasal Sequences

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I am studying a phenomenon in the English of Utah for an article I am 
working on. It involves pronouncing words such as "Clinton" and "Britain" 
as [klI?^n] and [brI?^n] (where ? is glottal stop and ^ is schwa) rather than 
more common [klI?n] and [brI?n] (where the nasal is syllabic). Some 
anecdotal evidence suggests that this may be a common pronunciation in 
parts of Connecticut, but I have been unable to find references to it in the 
literature. I would appreciate any references or even more anecdotal 
evidence of this pronunciation in any variety of English.

David Eddington 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)




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