The Short-a Nasal System: how does it get so tense?
This paper investigates the production of the low front vowel /æ/ which undergoes “tensing” and “raising” (Ferguson, 1972; Labov, 1989) when followed by a nasal consonant in some dialects of English (Labov, Ash and Boberg 2006). Speakers in their early twenties, and life long residents of the provin...
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://research.library.mun.ca/6422/ https://research.library.mun.ca/6422/1/CLA_poster_2014.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/6422/3/CLA_poster_2014.pdf |