Vowel reduction in English - man compounds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344349 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeroen Van De Weijer (0000-0003-1473-6505, Shenzhen University, corresponding author), Marjoleine Sloos (0000-0001-5111-4647, Fryske Akademy (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) , Doelestraat 8 , 8911 DX, Leeuwarden, Netherlands), Weiyun Wei (0000-0002-1682-3912, Shanghai International Studies University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 675-687 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlr-2019-2040 |
| OpenAlex | W2944170322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
We investigate the pronunciation of English compounds ending in -man (e.g. policeman, clergyman, mailman ), some of which are usually pronounced with a full vowel in - man ( mailman ), some usually with a reduced vowel ( policeman ), while other words vary between the two ( businessman, gunman ). Is it possible to predict when the vowel is reduced or not? We investigate a number of factors that could play a role in this issue: (i) the age of introduction of the word into the English language, (ii) the frequency of the word in the synchronic language, (iii) the meaning of - man in the specific compound, (iv) number of syllables, (v) stress pattern and (vi) spelling variation. Although some of these points have been discussed in the literature before, we present the first large full-scale quantitative investigation of the question whether any of these factors are reliable predictors of the pronunciation (and if so, which one predicts the pronunciation best), as well as the interaction between these factors
Linguistics · Phonology · Pronunciation · Spelling · Vowel · Vowel length · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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