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Allomorphic Variation
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| Author: | sue fox | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Morphology
Phonology |
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| Summary: |
Regarding query: http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-2753.html#1
Many thanks to the following people who responded to my query: Bob Allen Peter Daniels Robin Dodsworth Damien Hall Aixa Heller Earl M Herrick Dick Hudson Hans Lindquist Todd McDaniels Ben Rampton And Rosta Kim Schulte Michael Swan Stan Whitley Several people reported that the use of 'the' with a schwa ending is a common feature of many US varieties, particularly in the southern states but also in the mid-central states of Kansas and Illinois and further east in Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and New Jersey. In these places, it was also reported that the use of 'a' in prevocalic position is prevalent but the suggestion has been that its use is more stigmatised, since there was reference to 'correcting' the form in more careful speech. In New York, it was reported that there is a lack of allomorphy with the definite article but allomorphy occurs with the indefinite article. On the west coast in Washington and Oregon, it was reported that lack of allomorphy occurs with both articles and is a growing trend among young people. It was also noted that liaison after the articles is commonly by glottal stop, a feature also occurring among London adolescents. Several people also pointed to the fact that this feature occurs in AAVE and Michael Swan kindly supplied the following reference: Mufwene, S [2001]'African-American English' in Algeo, J [Ed] The Cambridge History of the English Language' Vol V1, CUP 2001 I would still be very interested to hear from anyone who can add any further comments about this feature and particularly if anyone has noticed this in any British varieties of English. Thanks for all your contributions. Sue |
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| LL Issue: | 16.2907 | |
| Date Posted: | 07-Oct-2005 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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