24.914 | Spring 2019 | Undergraduate

Language Variation and Change

Short Paper 1: What is /æ/-tensing?

Figure 4 in Labov (1981), "Resolving the Neogrammarian controversy"

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A grid of consonants, with a solid line around p, t, j caron, g, m, n, theta, s, and esh, representing the consonants causing tensing of previous /ae/ in New York City, and a dotted line surrounding m, n, theta, s, and esh, representing the consonants causing tensing in Philadelphia dialect.
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A grid of consonants, with a solid line around p, t, j caron, g, m, n, theta, s, and esh, representing the consonants causing tensing of previous /ae/ in New York City, and a dotted line surrounding m, n, theta, s, and esh, representing the consonants causing tensing in Philadelphia dialect.

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