Ellis Atlas Consonant Maps


		An Atlas of Alexander J. Ellis's The Existing Phonology of English Dialects
	About (Æ) Ellis's Methods Maps References Home	Consonant Maps This page provides links to maps illustrating the distribution of consonantal features in locations in the EPED. There are two types of consonantal map in this online atlas. Single word maps illustrate the distribution of linguistic features in only one word across EPED locations. Variation maps illustrate the distribution of linguistic features in groups of words across the EPED locations. The number of categories on variation maps depends on the number of tokens involved. In cases where only a small number of tokens is available, broad categories such as 'present', 'variably present' and 'absent' are used. Where more tokens are available, finer categories are employed (e.g. absent, 1-25% present, 25-50% present, 51-75% present, 76-100% present, etc.). Each page contains a brief statement of the feature(s) being mapped, the map itself, the sources of the data on which it is based, and a discussion of the patterns revealed in the map, especially in comparison with the results of later surveys such as the Survey of English Dialects and the Linguistic Atlas of Scotland. Stops and affricates Pre-R Dentalisation: all environments Palatalisation of velars: k- and g- Development of velar+L sequences: kl- and gl- Survival of velar+N sequences: kn- and gn- Simplification of medial clusters: -mb-, -nd- and -ŋɡ- Simplification of final clusters: -nd; -ld in old and cold Retention of [ɡ] in -ng: wrong /k/ for /ʧ/ Fricatives Voicing of initial fricatives: initial f-; initial th-; initial s- Stopping of /θ/ in thr- Survival of /x/: before /t/; word finally after a back vowel h-dropping Development of initial hw-: in where; generally w- for v- Liquids Survival of wr- Pronunciation of /r/ Rhoticity l-vocalisation: in old and cold




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