A Survey of Sound Change in Progress in North American English

摘要 这是一个试点项目，旨在制定和完善一项适当的调查， 研究语言某些关键特征的方法 正在进行的更改。 对过去两年语音变化的研究 几个世纪以来，人们制定了一些一般性的 控制声音传播的原则。 尽管一些 包含这些原则的具体量化模型 是在具体社区研究的基础上发展起来的， 在更大范围内确认模型的努力已经 有限公司 该试点项目的目的是为以下方面奠定基础： 收集北美英语的大陆样本， 目的是对四个一般性的问题进行定量的、经验性的检验， 声音变化的原则。 试点项目将侧重于 上U的面积。S.中西部，包括北方伊利诺斯州， 爱荷华州，威斯康星州和明尼苏达州。 这个地区的语音样本 将通过电话面试获得，结果 通过仪器和传统技术分析， 语音分析 试点项目将测试和改进 研究方法，为制定 今后将开展更大规模的项目。

ABSTRACT This is a pilot project to develop and refine a suitable survey methodology for investigating some key features of language change in progress. Studies of sound change over the past two centuries have led to the formulation of a number of general principles governing the spread of sound change. Though some specific quantitative models incorporating these principles have been developed on the basis of specific community studies, efforts to confirm the models on a larger scale have been limited. The aim of this pilot project is to lay the groundwork for collecting a continental sample of North American English, with the aim of a quantitative, empirical test of four general principles of sound change. The pilot project will focus on an area of the upper U. S. Midwest, including Northern Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Speech samples from this area will be obtained via telephone interviews, and the results analyzed by both instrumental and traditional techniques of phonetic analysis. The pilot project will test and improve the research methodology, providing the basis for developing the broader-scale project to be carried out in the future.