Asprey, Esther (2007) Investigating residual rhoticity in a non-rhotic accent. Working Paper. Leeds: Department of Linguistics and Phonetics, University of Leeds. Leeds Working Papers in Linguistics and Phonetics, 12 .

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Abstract

This paper reports on preliminary findings of a study conducted in the Black Country area of the west midlands of England. The small number of linguistic studies carried out in this region in the last 40 years have not found evidence of the continuing existence of variable rhoticity in the local speech variety. The Survey of English Dialects in the 1950s found low levels of rhoticity among speakers in the location closest to the Black Country, and I examine here similar findings from a detailed study of the variety, carried out between 2003-2006.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	English language -- Social aspects, Historical linguistics -- England -- Black Country, English language -- Dialects, English language -- Provincialisms -- England -- Black Country, Speeches, addresses, etc., English -- England -- Black Country, English language -- Accents and accentuation
Series Name:	Leeds Working Papers in Linguistics and Phonetics
Publisher:	Department of Linguistics and Phonetics, University of Leeds
Place of Publication:	Leeds
Official Date:	2007
Dates:	Date Event 2007 Published
Date of first compliant deposit:	24 June 2020
Volume:	12
Number of Pages:	24
Institution:	University of Warwick
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access

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