![]() ![]() They did not display any obvious British-Asian accent features. In addition, it was established that the British-Sikh speakers participate in the Southern English happY-tensing instead of lowering and backing the happY vowel as in Manchester English. There is a complete absence of H dropping. It was found that the British-Sikh speakers in the sample participate in the ongoing changes in T with glottal features and TH-fronting, but with lower proportions of glottal variants of T and higher proportions of TH-fronting than the Manchester baseline. Its properties concerning T with glottal features, TH-fronting and H-dropping were compared with those of a Manchester baseline sample. The sample consisted of four Manchester-born British-Asian Sikhs from a Punjabi-speaking background. The research question is whether Manchester-born speakers with an ethnic minority background adopt features of Manchester English and whether they participate in local and supra-local changes. ![]() ![]() This dissertation examines the relationship between ethnicity and sociolinguistic variation in Manchester English. ![]()
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