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Peer reviewedMilroy, James; And Others – Language Variation and Change, 1994
The empirical basis for this article is a series of studies of glottalization in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. These studies show that, while females lead in the use of glottal replacement, males prefer glottalization. This pattern is interpreted in terms of a preference of males for localized variants, whereas females lead in adopting supra-local…
Descriptors: Consonants, Dialect Studies, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns
