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Intervocalic voiceless velar stop. /k/. The tiggit to a new North American English feature?. Intervocalic voiceless velar stop. V k V. The tiggit to a new North American English feature?. Voicing of intervocalic /k/ tastes just like. Voicing of /k/ between vowels. ['tʃ I : gin].
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Intervocalic voiceless velar stop /k/ The tiggit to a new North American English feature?
Intervocalic voiceless velar stop VkV The tiggit to a new North American English feature?
Voicing of intervocalic /k/ tastes just like.... Voicing of /k/ between vowels ['tʃI:gin]
Nascent feature • English is continually changing • History of intervocalic voicing • Interdialectal exchange • Media of communication • Natural process of assimilation • Facilitates rapid speech
Lazy anomaly • No documentation or studies • Not associated with specific region or speakers • Result of mumbling adolescents?
Methodology • Speakers from various regions • Emotionally engaging topics • Politics • Cold remedies, et al. • Record occurrences of voiced intervocalic /k/ How many speakers demonstrate the change?
Findings • Speaker from Wisconsin • “He gave us tickets.” • [hii̭'gei̭vǝs'tʰI:gɨt̚s] • Speaker from Utah Valley • “What are you talking about?” • ['wʌɾɻ̩ juṷ'tʰɑ:gɨnǝ'bæṷʔ]
Findings, ctd. • Speaker from Pacific Northwest • “That's the ticket.” • ['đæt̚sđǝ'tʰI:gɨt̚] • Speaker from Georgia • “Just a second.” • ['dʒʌstǝ'sɛgɨ̃nʔ]
Future work • More thorough, widespread samples • Further developed in certain dialects more than others? • Frication? • Restricted to certain words? • Limited lexicon • Vowel environment • Morpheme boundaries?