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J. MARSHALL<br />

‘are high <strong>in</strong> frequency, have a certa<strong>in</strong> immunity from conscious suppression, are<br />

<strong>in</strong>tegral units <strong>of</strong> larger structures, and may easily be quantified on a l<strong>in</strong>ear scale’<br />

(Macaulay 1991: 4).<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are two phonological scores, one achieved by means <strong>of</strong> a picture list,<br />

and the other by means <strong>of</strong> non-l<strong>in</strong>guistic tasks performed with a partner. One<br />

morphological variable was also used. Although fifty lexical variables were<br />

used to arrive at a lexical score for each speaker, these cannot generally be<br />

regarded as very reliable <strong>in</strong>dicators <strong>of</strong> dialect ma<strong>in</strong>tenance. Passive<br />

recognition <strong>of</strong> lexical items, which are perhaps used by a speaker’s<br />

grandparents, does not imply active use by that speaker.<br />

6.4. Phonological Variables Chosen for the Experiment<br />

<strong>The</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g is a list <strong>of</strong> the phonological variables chosen for the<br />

experiment. <strong>The</strong> IPA will be used throughout, as the variables are <strong>of</strong>ten so<br />

phonetically different from SSE.<br />

1) Initial /f-/ (also +) where SSE has /hw / <strong>in</strong> ‘wh-questions’<br />

[fa0rza3] ‘where’s that?’<br />

[fu0 m6k8lz a0t] ‘how much is that?’<br />

2) Doric /e/ ~ StdE /o/ ([8u~

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