Investigating the FOOT-STRUT distinction in Northern Englishes using crowdsourced data

Patrycja Strycharczuk; Georgina Brown; Adrian Leemann; David Britain

Investigating the FOOT-STRUT distinction in Northern Englishes using crowdsourced data

Patrycja Strycharczuk, Georgina Brown, Adrian Leemann, David Britain

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Abstract

The FOOT and STRUT lexical sets did not undergo ahistorical split in the North of England, and thesevowels are said to remain a single phoneme forpresent day Northern English speakers. However,several sources report variation in this respect. Weanalyse this variation in production, using acousticanalysis of crowdsourced data from 141 speakers ofseven Northern English urban dialects. 36 speakersin our sample show a categorical distinction betweenFOOT and STRUT. Highly mobile speakers are morelikely to have this distinction, compared to speakers with low mobility. A categorical split is alsomore likely in speakers from Newcastle, comparedto several other cities. While we find no evidencethat FOOT and STRUT vowels are splitting in theNorth, we discuss how the observed variation maycontribute to the presence of marginal contrasts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Editors	Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain, Paul Warren
Place of Publication	Canberra, Australia
Publisher	Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association
Pages	1337-1341
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9780646800691
Publication status	Published - 8 Aug 2019
Event	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 5 Aug 2019 → 9 Aug 2019 https://www.icphs2019.org

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Conference	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Abbreviated title	ICPhs 2019
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	5/08/19 → 9/08/19
Internet address	https://www.icphs2019.org

Keywords

Northern English
FOOT-STRUT contrast
vowel split
crowdsourced data

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Strycharczuk, P., Brown, G., Leemann, A., & Britain, D. (2019). Investigating the FOOT-STRUT distinction in Northern Englishes using crowdsourced data. In S. Calhoun, P. Escudero, M. Tabain, & P. Warren (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 1337-1341). Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association. https://assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/papers/ICPhS_1386.pdf

Strycharczuk, Patrycja ; Brown, Georgina ; Leemann, Adrian et al. / Investigating the FOOT-STRUT distinction in Northern Englishes using crowdsourced data. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. editor / Sasha Calhoun ; Paola Escudero ; Marija Tabain ; Paul Warren. Canberra, Australia : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, 2019. pp. 1337-1341

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Strycharczuk, P, Brown, G, Leemann, A & Britain, D 2019, Investigating the FOOT-STRUT distinction in Northern Englishes using crowdsourced data. in S Calhoun, P Escudero, M Tabain & P Warren (eds), Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1337-1341, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5/08/19. <https://assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/papers/ICPhS_1386.pdf>

Investigating the FOOT-STRUT distinction in Northern Englishes using crowdsourced data. / Strycharczuk, Patrycja; Brown, Georgina; Leemann, Adrian et al.
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. ed. / Sasha Calhoun; Paola Escudero; Marija Tabain; Paul Warren. Canberra, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, 2019. p. 1337-1341.

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