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Peer reviewedFrazer, Timothy C. – Language in Society, 1983
A study of 51 speakers in rural Illinois showed fronting and raising of (aw) to be considerably more advanced among countryside dwellers than among town residents. Discusses some of the social and economic changes contributing to this phonological shift. (EKN)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Language Usage
