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Nascent feature English is continually changing
History of intervocalic voicing Interdialectal exchange Media of communication
Natural process of assimilation Facilitates rapid speech
Lazy anomaly
No documentation or studies Not associated with specific region or
speakers Result of mumbling adolescents?
Methodology Speakers from
various regions Emotionally
engaging topics Politics Cold remedies, et al.
Record occurrences of voiced intervocalic /k/
How many speakers demonstrate the
change?
Findings Speaker from Wisconsin
“He gave us tickets.”
[hii� 'gei� vǝs'tʰI:gɨt� s] Speaker from Utah Valley
“What are you talking about?”
['wʌɾɻ� juu'tʰɑ:gɨnǝ'bæuʔ]
Findings, ctd.
Speaker from Pacific Northwest “That's the ticket.”
['đæt� sđǝ'tʰI:gɨt� ] Speaker from Georgia
“Just a second.”
['dʒʌstǝ'sɛgɨ'nʔ]