Aphaeresis in New England

ARECENT ARTICLE appearing in this journall discusses the occurrence and form of APHAERESIS in ordinary American-English conversation. Although Kypriotaki's claims appear to be substantially correct,2 they are unsupported by systematic data. This paper reports evidence of aphaeresis in New England, as documented in the Linguistic Atlas of New England.3 The authors take this opportunity to demonstrate the potential of the Atlas, and other resources of its kind, to provide facts of usage amenable to sociolinguistic theory. It is unfortunate that sociolinguists have typically failed to consult these valuable linguistic materials.4 The case argued in a sociolinguistic article could only be strengthened by an examination of all pertinent materials

Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · History

• Aphesis in English

  James D Alexander•WORD•1988

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• Prosodic Effects on Word Reduction

  Open Access•Allyson K Carter, Cynthia G Clopper•Language and Speech•2002

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