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Peer reviewedAnderson, John – Journal of Linguistics, 1993
In a response to Philip Carr's discussion of the status of character of the Scottish Vowel-Length Rule (SVLR), this paper presents a proposal concerning the status of stem and base variation conditioned purely by morphological categories. It suggests that SVLR is precyclic only and non-structure changing. (Contains 19 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewedTrudgill, Peter; Gordon, Elizabeth; Lewis, Gillian – Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1998
Discusses two conflicting hypotheses concerning the nature of the New Zealand English short vowel system. Concludes that both hypotheses are to a certain extent wrong and to a certain extent correct. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, English, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBollard, J. K. – American Speech, 1979
Surveys the distribution of "a" and "an" in both oral and written English. Journal availability: see FL 512 512. (AM)
Descriptors: Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Language Usage
