Conditioning factors in external sandhi : an EPG study of English /l/ vocalisation.
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2007-08Author
Scobbie, James M.
Pouplier, Marianne
Wrench, Alan A.
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Scobbie, J., Pouplier, M. & Wrench, A. (2007) Conditioning factors in external sandhi : an EPG study of English /l/ vocalisation., Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of the ICPhS, , , pp. 441-444,
Abstract
English l-sandhi involves an allophonic alternation
in alveolar contact for word-final /l/ in connected
speech [4]. EPG data for five Scottish Standard
English and five Southern Standard British English
speakers shows that there is individual and
dialectal variation in contact patterns. We analysed
vocalisation rate (% of tokens with no alveolar
contact) and the area of any residual alveolar
contact. Word-final /l/ contact is, to some extent,
onset-like before vowel-initial words and coda-like
before words with a labial onset C. If the vowel
has a glottal attack, however, or the onset C is /h/,
sandhi is less predictable, suggesting that
resyllabification is insufficient as a mechanism for
conditioning tongue tip behaviour of word final /l/.