This article analyses phonetic variation among young people who have learned a minority
language in immersion schooling as part of revitalisation measures. Such speakers are …

Aims and objectives: This study investigates the effects of individual bilingualism and long-
term language contact on monophthongal vowel productions in English and Welsh. Design …

This study investigates/l/‐darkening in the Welsh and English speech of bilinguals in North
Wales. Although it is claimed that/l/is dark in all syllable positions in northern varieties of …

Aims: The goal of this special issue is to anchor an understanding of language variation and
change in a relatively newly adopted framework for researching 'new speakers' of …

This thesis examines language variation and change in a context of minority language
revitalisation. In particular, I concentrate on young fluent speakers of Scottish Gaelic, a …

This paper is an acoustic investigation of laterals in contemporary Scottish Gaelic. Scottish
Gaelic is described as having three phonemic laterals/l̪ˠ l̪ʲ l/, which have previously …

This thesis is an articulatory investigation into phonological variation and change in
English/l/-darkening. Although syllable-based accounts of/l/-darkening state that light [l] …

The current article presents a state-of-the-art review of research on the social factors that
have been found to impact how learners acquire and use a second language (L2) sound …

This book is the first comprehensive, research-based description of the development,
structure, and use of Welsh English, a contact-induced variety of English spoken in the …

The foot–strut vowel split, which has its origins in 17th century English, is notable for its
absence from the speech of Northerners in England, where stood–stud remain homophones …