LINA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Universal Grammar, Soltyrei, Hawaiian Pidgin
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Lina02 lecture 10 sociolinguistics & animal communication. A social dialect : refers to a continuum of varieties of dialects, there are certain uniform characteristics/patterns that are shared across variations. Phonological structure of aae: r-deletion (except before a vowel) General deletion of liquids after vowels: word final cluster reduction: But : farm tools [farm tulz] not *[far tulz] Allowed before a vowel or sentence finally in aae: But : jump [d mp] not *[d m, paint [pent] not *[pen] Past tense deletion or final cluster reduction: Word initially or word finally: e. g. these [diz] ; [with [w t] bath [b f] ; birthday [b rfde] ; brother. Common in many non-standard dialects of english. Also found in cockney (british) english in all positions: e. g. think [f k: newfoundland english (ne), world final cluster reduction: Ain"t = contracted form of am not: originally (17th cen. Have not: aae only also allows it to stand for didn"t.
