'Tell her to shut her moof': the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian

Jane Stuart-Smith; Claire Timmins

'Tell her to shut her moof': the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian

Speech And Language Therapy

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Abstract

The discovery of TH-fronting, or the use of [f] for /th/ in words such as think and tooth, as a feature in the speech of working class Glaswegian adolescents provoked both academic and general interest when it was reported in 1998.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Power of Words
Subtitle of host publication	Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics: In Honour of Christian J. Kay
Editors	Christian Kay, Graham Caie, Carole Hough, Irene Wotherspoon
Pages	171-183
Number of pages	13
Publication status	Published - 20 Dec 2006

Keywords

TH-fronting
Glaswegian
adolescents and vernacular

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http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/The_Power_of_Words/9789042021211

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'Tell her to shut her moof' : the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian. / Stuart-Smith, Jane; Timmins, Claire.

The Power of Words: Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics: In Honour of Christian J. Kay. ed. / Christian Kay; Graham Caie; Carole Hough; Irene Wotherspoon. 2006. p. 171-183.

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