Accent Variation and Change in North-East Scotland: The Case of (HW) in Aberdeen

Abstract

The accent of Aberdeen has so far received only limited attention from sociolinguists. Previous descriptions of the phonological system (Robinson and Crawford 2001: 77–93; Hughes, Trudgill and Watt 2005: 105–9; Millar 2007: passim ) are mainly based on small data sets or anecdotal observations. The current chapter aims tofill this gap in the literature by presenting results for the variable ( HW ) taken from a larger study on structured variation in the variety (Brato, in preparation). This variable was chosen because it highlights how the urban accent of Aberdeen is torn between its North-Eastern roots and more recent developments elsewhere in Scotland. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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