Acoustic and Sociolinguistics Aspects of Lenition in Liverpool English

Abstract

This study concerns the phonological process of lenition occurring in Liverpool English, i.e. Scouse. In particular, we will provide an acoustic analysis of the process, taking into account also some of the classical sociolinguistic variables normally employed in linguistics. Scouse is one of the best known accents of British English. It is traditionally stigmatized, since in England the Scouse voice is perceived as ugly and unfriendly. The Scouse accent is spoken in and around Liverpool; however, in the last decades, it has been widely spread throughout Merseyside. The base of Scouse has probably to be found in the Liverpool working-class accent spoken by the wave of Irish immigrants who have come to the city over long periods of time. The immigration from Ireland to Britain, and to the city of Liverpool in particular, developed early and was constant in time; starting from the Modern Age, it continued for many centuries and became very strong in the XIX century. Historical and demographic studies have shown that in 1841,

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