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Phonological resistance and innovation in the North-West of England.

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>04/2006
<mark>Journal</mark>English Today
Issue number2
Volume22
Number of pages7
Pages (from-to)55-61
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Over the past few decades, studies of dialect levelling have concluded that phonological convergence amongst varieties of British English is rife. This review attempts to demonstrate the opposite, in the variety of English spoken in Liverpool. Despite various media reports predicting the death of Liverpool English, evidence is provided here that the variety appears to be resisting the innovation of ‘T-glottalling’, a feature which is frequent elsewhere, and instead shows signs of divergence from any kind of supra-local regional norm.

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The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, English Today, 22 (2), pp 55-61 2006, © 2006 Cambridge University Press.