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Portland Dialect Study: The Story Of /Æ/ In Portland, Jeffrey C. Conn
Portland Dialect Study: The Story Of /Æ/ In Portland, Jeffrey C. Conn
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This study reports on the hypothesized raising of the low, front vowel /æ/, which is characteristic of a regional dialect vowel shift found in cities of the Midwest and Eastern North of the United States. The raising of this vowel is the primary change in a series of vowel shifts that have traditionally been attributed to this region of the U.S. The purpose of this study is to document the production of this vowel by residents of Portland, Oregon, in order to see what light it can shed on dialect research of the Pacific Northwest, especially across age groups to …
Portland Dialect Study: The Story Of /Æ/ In Portland, Jeffrey C. Conn
Portland Dialect Study: The Story Of /Æ/ In Portland, Jeffrey C. Conn
Dissertations and Theses
This study reports on the hypothesized raising of the low, front vowel /re/, which is characteristic of a regional dialect vowel shift found in cities of the Midwest and Eastern North of the United States. The raising of this vowel is the primary change in a series of vowel shifts that have traditionally been attributed to this region of the U.S. The purpose of this study is to document the production of this vowel by residents of Portland, Oregon, in order to see what light it can shed on dialect research of the Pacific Northwest, especially across age groups to …