Essays about: "glide variants"

Found 1 essay containing the words glide variants.

  1. 1. Yod Variation in Australian English : A Sociolinguistic Investigation

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Ruholla Kazemi; [2015]
    Keywords : Palatal glide; yod dropping; yod deletion; glide deletion; yod coalescence; yod palatalization; glide palatalization; yod retention; yod variation; glide variants;

    Abstract : In various post-consonantal environments, the palatal glide /j/ has been subject to variation and change since the late 17th century. Retention, coalescence, and deletion of the glide respectively account for various pronunciations of the word due [dju:], [dʒu:], and [du:] in different dialects of English. READ MORE