THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH

This study addresses the question of perception and evaluation of light post-vocalic /l/ in St. John's through a series of perception experiments. These experiments test whether people are able to hear the difference between post-vocalic light and dark /l/, whether they identify this difference...

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Main Author: Pierson, Rosanna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2015
Subjects:
Newfoundland English
Linguistics
perception
post-vocalic l
St. John's
Newfoundland
Online Access:https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/article/view/1648
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spelling ftmemunijournals:oai:ojs.journals.library.mun.ca:article/1648 2023-05-15T17:18:48+02:00 THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH Pierson, Rosanna 2015-09-21 application/pdf https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/article/view/1648 eng eng Memorial University of Newfoundland https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/article/view/1648/1250 https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/article/view/1648 Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland; No 26 (2015): Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland 0079-9335 Newfoundland English Linguistics perception post-vocalic l St. John's info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2015 ftmemunijournals 2021-05-09T13:33:20Z This study addresses the question of perception and evaluation of light post-vocalic /l/ in St. John's through a series of perception experiments. These experiments test whether people are able to hear the difference between post-vocalic light and dark /l/, whether they identify this difference as being a characteristic of Newfoundland or St. John's English, and finally, whether they ascribe any kind of stigma or prestige to the difference. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Electronic Journals
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topic Newfoundland English
Linguistics
perception
post-vocalic l
St. John's
spellingShingle Newfoundland English
Linguistics
perception
post-vocalic l
St. John's
Pierson, Rosanna
THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
topic_facet Newfoundland English
Linguistics
perception
post-vocalic l
St. John's
description This study addresses the question of perception and evaluation of light post-vocalic /l/ in St. John's through a series of perception experiments. These experiments test whether people are able to hear the difference between post-vocalic light and dark /l/, whether they identify this difference as being a characteristic of Newfoundland or St. John's English, and finally, whether they ascribe any kind of stigma or prestige to the difference.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Pierson, Rosanna
author_facet Pierson, Rosanna
author_sort Pierson, Rosanna
title THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
title_short THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
title_full THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
title_fullStr THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
title_full_unstemmed THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
title_sort social evaluation of post-vocalic light /l/ in st. john's english
publisher Memorial University of Newfoundland
publishDate 2015
url https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/article/view/1648
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland; No 26 (2015): Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland
0079-9335
op_relation https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/article/view/1648/1250
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