Abstract Pre-velar/æ/-raising (BAG-raising) is a process in which some speakers of North
Amer-ican English raise/æ/before/g/, but not/k/. This process occurs in parts of Canada (eg …

Prevelar raising/fronting has been documented as a “defining feature” of Pacific Northwest
English, yet its status in nearby California remains unclear. This study investigates prevelar …

In order to successfully perceive speech, listeners must parse the acoustic signal into
individual sounds and map these phonetic sounds onto the phonemes in their phonological …

This paper is the first dedicated study on (thr)-flapping, or the insertion of a tap in/Tô/clusters
in American English. While [R] is often described as an allophone of alveolar stops, it is not …

Abstract This study investigates American English speakers' language attitudes toward
connective which constructions, specifically those with an apparent resumptive pronoun …