The Socio-Economic Significance of Four Phonetic Characteristics in North American English
This paper uses a least-square regression method that relates per-capita income to four phonetic characteristics (r-dropping, and the so-called "father-bother", "cot-caught" and "pin-pen" mergers), to study the socio-economic significance of those characteristics in North American English. As a result we find a positive and statistically significant relationship between per-capita income and r-dropping, and between per-capita income and the presence of the "cot-caught" merger, and a negative and statistically significant relationship between per-capita income and the "pin-pen" merger. No statistically significant relationship is found, however, between per-capita income and the presence of a "father-bother" merger or split.
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2011-08
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Authors: | Coloma, Germán |
Institutions: | Universidad del CEMA |
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Extent: | application/pdf |
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Series: | CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo.. - ISSN 1668-4583. |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Number 459 17 pages |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294962
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