Volcanic Vocalic Changes

Authors

Joseph A. Stanley, Brigham Young UniversityFollow

Keywords

Cowlitz County, linguistic changes, UGA Linguistics Colloquium

Abstract

Conclusion

Hypothesis 1: Longview is like the rest of Washington Mostly true, except bag raising only for older people ✓ Hypothesis 2: back vowels are being fronted Yes, but only by the younger speakers ✓ Hypothesis 3: some /o/ monophthongization Yes, mostly by older speakers ? Hypothesis 4: Mount St. Helens might be an influencing factor.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Stanley, Joseph A., "Volcanic Vocalic Changes" (2017). Faculty Publications. 6110.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6110

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2017

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/8839

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics

University Standing at Time of Publication

Assistant Professor

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