When PALMs are in your THOUGHTs, you head south: Evidence for diffusion of the low-back vowel system from New York to New Orleans

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Aaron J. Dinkin, Katie Carmichael
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In New Orleans, there is a white, working-class dialect of English, sometimes called “Yat”, that has several notable similarities with that of New York City. These similarities have been argued to be the result of 19th-century dialect contact between residents of the two cities. This paper examines the palm vowel in New Orleans and argues that it too shows evidence of diffusion from New York around this time period. Words of the palm lexical set that have been part of the English lexicon since before the 19th century, such as father and calm, are found to be merged with the thought phoneme in New Orleans, while more recent palm words such as garage are merged with lot. A handful of traditional lot words, such as John and god, are also sporadically attested with the thought phoneme. Since traditional New York City English also possesses a palm vowel backer than lot, with words such as John and god variably included in it—a pattern that is not widely found in other dialects closely connected to New Orleans English—the findings are interpreted as further evidence for dialect diffusion from New York to New Orleans.
当你想到手掌时,你就会往南走:从纽约到新奥尔良的低背元音系统扩散的证据
在新奥尔良,有一种白人工人阶级的英语方言,有时被称为“Yat”,它与纽约市的方言有几个显著的相似之处。这些相似之处被认为是19世纪两个城市居民之间方言接触的结果。本文研究了新奥尔良的棕榈元音,并认为它也显示了在这一时期从纽约传播的证据。研究发现,19世纪以前就已成为英语词汇一部分的棕榈类词汇,如father和calm,在新奥尔良与thought音素合并,而较近的棕榈类词汇,如garage与lot合并。少数传统的lot单词,如John和god,也偶尔被证明带有thought音素。由于传统的纽约市英语也有一个比lot更靠后的棕榈元音,像John和god这样的词在其中有变化——这种模式在与新奥尔良英语密切相关的其他方言中并不常见——这一发现被解释为方言从纽约传播到新奥尔良的进一步证据。
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American Speech
American Speech Multiple-
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期刊介绍: American Speech has been one of the foremost publications in its field since its founding in 1925. The journal is concerned principally with the English language in the Western Hemisphere, although articles dealing with English in other parts of the world, the influence of other languages by or on English, and linguistic theory are also published. The journal is not committed to any particular theoretical framework, and issues often contain contributions that appeal to a readership wider than the linguistic studies community. Regular features include a book review section and a “Miscellany” section devoted to brief essays and notes.
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