Reassignment of consonant allophones in rapid dialect acquisition

• Main Authors: German, James S., Carlson, Katy, Pierrehumbert, Janet B.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::General; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79627; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19261
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In an experiment spanning a week, American English speakers imitated a Glaswegian (Scottish) English speaker. The target sounds were allophones of /t/ and /r/, as the Glaswegian speaker aspirated word-medial /t/ but pronounced /r/ as a flap initially and medially. This experiment therefore explored...