Poccasin English: Difference between revisions

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* Lack of aspiration: Although not phonemic in English, plosives are usually still aspirated at the beginning of words in most varieties of English. This is however altogether absent in Poccasin English apart from in very high-class dialects.

** A Poccasin English speaker who strongly aspirates their initial plosives in order to deliberately sound high class or distinguish themselves from working class speakers is called a ''puffer''.

* ~~V-stopping~~: /v/ is realized as /b/ in all positions, so ''bat'' and ''vat'' become homophones.

* [[w:Betacism|Betacism]]: /v/ is realized as /b/ in all positions, so ''bat'' and ''vat'' become homophones.

* Variability of /f/: /f/ is fairly unstable in even standard Poccasin English; the most common realizations vary from the [[w:Bilabial fricative|bilabial]] /ɸ/ to true [[w:Labiodental fricative|labiodental]] /f/, but it has also been recorded to range as far back as a [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|glottal]] /h/ or may be omitted entirely, especially in casual, colloquial speech.

Another notable phonological feature of Poccasin English is, similarly to [[Bemé]], the lack of phonemic [[w:Voiced fricative|voiced fricatives]] such as the /z/ or /ʒ/ in ''zoo'' and ''vision''.

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* Affricatisation of /ʒ/: /ʒ/ is [[w:Voiced postalveolar affricate|affricatised]] to /dʒ/, so ''ager'' and ''Asia'' can become homophones.

The [[w:Rhoticity in English|rhoticity]] of Poccasin English is variable; see the [[#Rhoticity|corresponding section]] for more.

===Vowels===

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 * Lack of aspiration: Although not phonemic in English, plosives are usually still aspirated at the beginning of words in most varieties of English. This is however altogether absent in Poccasin English apart from in very high-class dialects.
 ** A Poccasin English speaker who strongly aspirates their initial plosives in order to deliberately sound high class or distinguish themselves from working class speakers is called a ''puffer''.
-* V-stopping: /v/ is realized as /b/ in all positions, so ''bat'' and ''vat'' become homophones.
+* [[w:Betacism|Betacism]]: /v/ is realized as /b/ in all positions, so ''bat'' and ''vat'' become homophones.
 * Variability of /f/: /f/ is fairly unstable in even standard Poccasin English; the most common realizations vary from the [[w:Bilabial fricative|bilabial]] /ɸ/ to true [[w:Labiodental fricative|labiodental]] /f/, but it has also been recorded to range as far back as a [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|glottal]] /h/ or may be omitted entirely, especially in casual, colloquial speech.
 Another notable phonological feature of Poccasin English is, similarly to [[Bemé]], the lack of phonemic [[w:Voiced fricative|voiced fricatives]] such as the /z/ or /ʒ/ in ''zoo'' and ''vision''.
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 * Affricatisation of /ʒ/: /ʒ/ is [[w:Voiced postalveolar affricate|affricatised]] to /dʒ/, so ''ager'' and ''Asia'' can become homophones.
 The [[w:Rhoticity in English|rhoticity]] of Poccasin English is variable; see the [[#Rhoticity|corresponding section]] for more.
 ===Vowels===
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