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G-Spirantization and Lateral Ambivalence in Northern German Dialects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2011

Justin Glover
Justin Glover*
Affiliation:
Indiana University
*
Indiana University, Ballantine Hall 644, 1020 Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-7103, USA, [jdglover@indiana.edu]
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Abstract

In the Kiel German regional variety (KG), /ɡ/ undergoes spirantization after vowels and /ʀ/ but not after /l/. KG contrasts with data provided by Wiese (1996) for a dialect that he calls Northern Colloquial Speech (NCS), in which /ɡ/ spirantizes not only after vowels and /ʀ/, but also after /l/. I argue that G-Spirantization in both regional varieties is an example of an assimilation which spreads [+continuant] from a vowel or /ʀ/ in KG (and /l/ in NCS) to a following coda /ɡ/. The difference between the /…lɡ/ environment in the two dialects can be explained by lateral ambivalence, as described in detail by Mielke (2005).*

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Journal of Germanic Linguistics , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , 06 May 2011 , pp. 183 - 193
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Copyright © Society for Germanic Linguistics 2011

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