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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Other uses Шаблон:English phonology topics Шаблон:IPA notice Flapping or tapping, also known as alveolar flapping, intervocalic flapping, or t-voicing, is a phonological process involving a voiced alveolar tap or flap; it is found in many varieties of English, especially North American, Cardiff, Ulster, Australian and New Zealand English, where the voiceless alveolar stop consonant phoneme Шаблон:IPAslink is pronounced as a voiced alveolar flap Шаблон:IPA, a sound produced by briefly tapping the alveolar ridge with the tongue, when placed between vowels. In London English, the flapped Шаблон:IPAblink is perceived as a casual pronunciation intermediate between the "posh" affricate Шаблон:IPAblink and the "rough" glottal stop Шаблон:IPAblink.Шаблон:Sfnp In some varieties, Шаблон:IPAslink, the voiced counterpart of Шаблон:IPA, may also be frequently pronounced as a flap in such positions, making pairs of words like latter and ladder sound similar or identical. In similar positions, the combination Шаблон:IPA may be pronounced as a nasalized flap Шаблон:IPAblink, making winter sound similar or identical to winner.

Flapping of Шаблон:IPA is sometimes perceived as the replacement of Шаблон:IPA with Шаблон:IPA; for example, the word butter pronounced with flapping may be heard as "budder".[1]

In other dialects of English, such as South African English, Scottish English, some Northern England English (like Scouse), and older varieties of Received Pronunciation, the flap is a variant of Шаблон:IPA (see [[Pronunciation of English /r/|Pronunciation of English Шаблон:IPA]]).Шаблон:Sfnp

Terminology and articulation

The terms flap and tap are often used synonymously, although some authors make a distinction between them. When the distinction is made, a flap involves a rapid backward and forward movement of the tongue tip, while a tap involves an upward and downward movement.Шаблон:Sfnp Linguists disagree on whether the sound produced in the present process is a flap or a tap, and by extension on whether the process is better called flapping or tapping,Шаблон:Sfnp while flapping has traditionally been more widely used.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Шаблон:Harvcoltxt identify four types of sounds produced in the process: alveolar tap, down-flap, up-flap, and postalveolar tap (found in autumn, Berta, otter, and murder, respectively).Шаблон:Sfnp

In Cockney, another voiced variant of Шаблон:IPA that has been reported to occur to coexist with the alveolar tap (and other allophones, such as the very common glottal stop) is a simple voiced alveolar stop Шаблон:IPAblink, which occurs especially in the words little Шаблон:IPA, hospital Шаблон:IPA and whatever Шаблон:IPA. That too results in a (variable) merger with Шаблон:IPA, whereas the tap does not.Шаблон:Sfnp

In Cardiff English, the alveolar tap is less rapid than the corresponding sound in traditional RP, being more similar to Шаблон:IPA. It also involves a larger part of the tongue. Thus, the typical Cardiff pronunciation of hospital as Шаблон:IPA or Шаблон:IPA is quite similar to Cockney Шаблон:IPA, though it does not involve a neutralization of the flap with Шаблон:IPAblink.Шаблон:Sfnp

Distribution

Шаблон:Listen

Flapping of Шаблон:IPA and Шаблон:IPA is a prominent feature of North American English. Some linguists consider it obligatory for most American dialects to flap Шаблон:IPA between a stressed and an unstressed vowel.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Flapping of Шаблон:IPA also occurs in Australian, New Zealand and (especially Northern) Irish English, and more infrequently or variably in South African English, Cockney, and Received Pronunciation.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp

The exact conditions for flapping in North American English are unknown, although it is widely understood that it occurs in an alveolar stop, Шаблон:IPA or Шаблон:IPA, when placed between two vowels, provided the second vowel is unstressed (as in butter, writing, wedding, loader).Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Across word boundaries, however, it can occur between any two vowels, provided the second vowel begins a word (as in get over Шаблон:IPA).Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp This extends to morphological boundaries within compound words (as in whatever Шаблон:IPA).Шаблон:Sfnp In addition to vowels, segments that may precede the flap include Шаблон:IPA (as in party)Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp and occasionally Шаблон:IPA (as in faulty).Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Flapping after Шаблон:IPA is more common in Canadian English than in American English.Шаблон:Sfnp Syllabic Шаблон:IPA may also follow the flap (as in bottle).Шаблон:Sfnp Flapping of Шаблон:IPA before syllabic Шаблон:IPA (as in button) is observed in Australian English,Шаблон:Sfnp while Шаблон:IPA (with nasal release) and Шаблон:IPAblink (t-glottalization) are the only possibilities in North American English.Шаблон:Sfnp

Morpheme-internally, the vowel following the flap must not only be unstressed but also be a reduced one (namely Шаблон:IPA, morpheme-final or prevocalic Шаблон:IPA, or Шаблон:IPA preceding Шаблон:IPA, Шаблон:IPA, etc.Шаблон:Efn),Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp so words like botox, retail, and latex are not flapped in spite of the primary stress on the first syllables,Шаблон:Sfnp while pity, motto, and Keating can be.Шаблон:Sfnp The second syllables in the former set of words can thus be considered as having secondary stress.Шаблон:Sfnp

Word-medial flapping is also prohibited in foot-initial positions. This prevents words such as militaristic, spirantization, and Mediterranean from flapping, despite capitalistic and alphabetization, for example, being flapped. This is known as the Withgott effect.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp

In North American English, the cluster Шаблон:IPA (but not Шаблон:IPA) in the same environment as flapped Шаблон:IPA may be realized as a nasal flap Шаблон:IPA. Intervocalic Шаблон:IPA is also often realized as a nasal flap, so words like winter and winner can become homophonous.Шаблон:Sfnp According to Шаблон:Harvcoltxt, in the United States, Southerners tend to pronounce winter and winner identically, while Northerners, especially those from the east coast, tend to retain the distinction, pronouncing winter with Шаблон:IPA or Шаблон:IPA and winner with Шаблон:IPA.Шаблон:Sfnp

Given these intricacies, it is difficult to formulate a phonological rule that accurately predicts flapping.Шаблон:Sfnp Nevertheless, Шаблон:Harvcoltxt postulates that it applies to alveolar stops:

Exceptions include the preposition/particle to and words derived from it, such as today, tonight, tomorrow, and together, wherein Шаблон:IPA may be flapped when intervocalic (as in go to sleep Шаблон:IPA).Шаблон:Sfnp In Australian English, numerals thirteen, fourteen, and eighteen are often flapped despite the second vowel being stressed.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp In a handful of words such as seventy, ninety, and carpenter, Шаблон:IPA is frequently pronounced as Шаблон:IPA, retaining Шаблон:IPA and voicing Шаблон:IPA, although it may still become Шаблон:IPA in rapid speech.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp

Homophony

Flapping is a specific type of lenition, specifically intervocalic weakening. It leads to the neutralization of the distinction between Шаблон:IPA and Шаблон:IPA in appropriate environments, a partial merger of the two phonemes, provided that both Шаблон:IPA and Шаблон:IPA are flapped.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Some speakers, however, flap only Шаблон:IPA but not Шаблон:IPA. Yet, for a minority of speakers, the merger can occur only if neither sound is flapped. That is the case in Cockney, where Шаблон:IPA is occasionally voiced to Шаблон:IPAblink, yielding a variable merger of little and Lidl.Шаблон:Sfnp For speakers with the merger, the following utterances sound the same or almost the same:

Homophonous pairs
Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA IPA Notes
aborting aboarding Шаблон:IPA
alighted elided Шаблон:IPA With weak vowel merger.
ante Annie Шаблон:IPA
anti- Annie Шаблон:IPA
at 'em Adam Шаблон:IPA
at 'em add 'em Шаблон:IPA
atom Adam Шаблон:IPA
atom add 'em Шаблон:IPA
auntie Annie Шаблон:IPA
banter banner Шаблон:IPA
batter badder Шаблон:IPA
batty baddie Шаблон:IPA
beating beading Шаблон:IPA
Bertie birdie Шаблон:IPA With fern-fir-fur merger.
Bertie Birdy; Birdie Шаблон:IPA With fern-fir-fur merger.
betting bedding Шаблон:IPA
biting biding Шаблон:IPA
bitter bidder Шаблон:IPA
bitting bidding Шаблон:IPA
bitty biddy Шаблон:IPA
blatter bladder Шаблон:IPA
bleating bleeding Шаблон:IPA
boating boding Шаблон:IPA
bruter brooder Шаблон:IPA With yod-dropping after Шаблон:IPA.
butting budding Шаблон:IPA
butty buddy Шаблон:IPA
canter canner Шаблон:IPA
canton cannon Шаблон:IPA
canton canon Шаблон:IPA
carting carding Шаблон:IPA
catty caddy Шаблон:IPA
centre; center sinner Шаблон:IPA With pen–pin merger.
chanting Channing Шаблон:IPA
cited sided Шаблон:IPA
citer cider Шаблон:IPA
clotting clodding Шаблон:IPA
coating coding Шаблон:IPA
courting chording Шаблон:IPA
courting cording Шаблон:IPA
cuttle cuddle Шаблон:IPA
cutty cuddy Шаблон:IPA
daughter dodder Шаблон:IPA With cot-caught merger.
daunting dawning Шаблон:IPA
daunting donning Шаблон:IPA With cot-caught merger.
debtor deader Шаблон:IPA
diluted deluded Шаблон:IPA
don't it doughnut Шаблон:IPA With weak vowel merger and toe-tow merger.
dotter dodder Шаблон:IPA
doughty dowdy Шаблон:IPA
eluted alluded Шаблон:IPA With weak vowel merger.
eluted eluded Шаблон:IPA
enter in a Шаблон:IPA In non-rhotic accents with pen-pin merger.
enter inner Шаблон:IPA With pen-pin merger.
eta Ada Шаблон:IPA
fated faded Шаблон:IPA
flutter flooder Шаблон:IPA
fontal faunal Шаблон:IPA With cot-caught merger.
futile feudal Шаблон:IPA With weak vowel merger.
garter guarder Шаблон:IPA
gaunter goner Шаблон:IPA With cot-caught merger.
goated goaded Шаблон:IPA
grater grader Шаблон:IPA
greater grader Шаблон:IPA
gritted gridded Шаблон:IPA
gritty Griddy Шаблон:IPA
hearty hardy Шаблон:IPA
heated heeded Шаблон:IPA With meet-meat merger.
Hetty; Hettie heady Шаблон:IPA
hurting herding Шаблон:IPA With fern-fir-fur merger.
inter- in a Шаблон:IPA In non-rhotic accents.
inter- inner Шаблон:IPA
iter eider Шаблон:IPA
jaunty Johnny Шаблон:IPA With cot-caught merger.
jointing joining Шаблон:IPA
kitted kidded Шаблон:IPA
kitty kiddie Шаблон:IPA
knotted nodded Шаблон:IPA
latter ladder Шаблон:IPA
lauded lotted Шаблон:IPA With cot-caught merger.
linty Lenny Шаблон:IPA With pen-pin merger.
liter leader Шаблон:IPA With meet-meat merger.
little Lidl Шаблон:IPA
looter lewder Шаблон:IPA With yod-dropping after Шаблон:IPA.
manta manna Шаблон:IPA
manta manner Шаблон:IPA In non-rhotic accents.
manta manor Шаблон:IPA In non-rhotic accents.
Marty Mardi Шаблон:IPA In the term Mardi Gras.
matter madder Шаблон:IPA
mattocks Maddox Шаблон:IPA
meant it minute Шаблон:IPA With pen–pin merger.
metal medal Шаблон:IPA
metal meddle Шаблон:IPA
mettle medal Шаблон:IPA
mettle meddle Шаблон:IPA
minty many Шаблон:IPA With pen–pin merger.
minty mini Шаблон:IPA
minty Minnie Шаблон:IPA
motile modal Шаблон:IPA With weak vowel merger.
mottle model Шаблон:IPA
mutter mudder Шаблон:IPA
neater kneader Шаблон:IPA
neuter nuder Шаблон:IPA
nighter nidor Шаблон:IPA
nitre; niter nidor Шаблон:IPA
noted noded Шаблон:IPA
oater odour; odor Шаблон:IPA
otter odder Шаблон:IPA
painting paining Шаблон:IPA
panting panning Шаблон:IPA
parity parody Шаблон:IPA With weak vowel merger
patter padder Шаблон:IPA
patting padding Шаблон:IPA
patty paddy Шаблон:IPA
petal pedal Шаблон:IPA
petal peddle Шаблон:IPA
pettle pedal Шаблон:IPA
pettle peddle Шаблон:IPA
platted plaided Шаблон:IPA
planting planning Шаблон:IPA
pleating pleading Шаблон:IPA
plenty Pliny Шаблон:IPA With pen–pin merger.
plotting plodding Шаблон:IPA
potted podded Шаблон:IPA
pouter powder Шаблон:IPA
punting punning Шаблон:IPA
putting pudding Шаблон:IPA
rated raided Шаблон:IPA With pane-pain merger.
rattle raddle Шаблон:IPA
righting riding Шаблон:IPA
roti roadie Шаблон:IPA
rooter ruder Шаблон:IPA With yod-dropping after Шаблон:IPA.
rotting rodding Шаблон:IPA
router ruder Шаблон:IPA With yod-dropping after Шаблон:IPA.
runty runny Шаблон:IPA
rutty ruddy Шаблон:IPA
sainting seining Шаблон:IPA
Saturday sadder day Шаблон:IPA
satyr Seder Шаблон:IPA
saunter sauna Шаблон:IPA In non-rhotic accents.
scented synod Шаблон:IPA With pen-pin merger.
scenting sinning Шаблон:IPA With pen-pin merger.
seating seeding Шаблон:IPA With meet-meat merger.
sent it senate Шаблон:IPA
set it said it Шаблон:IPA
shunting shunning Шаблон:IPA
shutter shudder Шаблон:IPA
sighted sided Шаблон:IPA
sighter cider Шаблон:IPA
sinter sinner Шаблон:IPA
sited sided Шаблон:IPA
skitting skidding Шаблон:IPA
sorted sordid Шаблон:IPA
slighting sliding Шаблон:IPA
stunting stunning Шаблон:IPA
tarty tardy Шаблон:IPA
tenter tenner Шаблон:IPA
tenter tenor Шаблон:IPA
tenting tinning Шаблон:IPA With pen-pin merger.
title tidal Шаблон:IPA
toting toading Шаблон:IPA
traitor trader Шаблон:IPA With pane-pain merger.
tutor Tudor Шаблон:IPA
tweeted tweeded Шаблон:IPA
utter udder Шаблон:IPA
waiter wader Шаблон:IPA With pane-pain merger.
wattle waddle Шаблон:IPA
weighted waded Шаблон:IPA With pane-pain merger.
wetting wedding Шаблон:IPA
winter winner Шаблон:IPA
wheated weeded Шаблон:IPA With wine-whine merger.
whiter wider Шаблон:IPA With wine–whine merger.
writing riding Шаблон:IPA

In accents characterized by Canadian raising, such words as riding and writing may be flapped yet still distinguished by the quality of the vowel: riding Шаблон:IPA, writing Шаблон:IPA.Шаблон:Sfnp Vowel duration may also be different, with a longer vowel before Шаблон:IPA than before Шаблон:IPA, due to pre-fortis clipping.Шаблон:Sfnp

Withgott effect

In a dissertation in 1982, M.M. Withgott demonstrated that, among speakers of American English, words seem to be chunked into pronunciation units she referred to as a foot, similar to a metrical unit in poetry. Such chunking was said to block flapping in the word ‘Mediterranean’ ([[Medi[terranean] ], cf. [ [sub[terranean]]). How a word is chunked relates to its morphological derivation, as seen by contrasting morphologically similar pairs such as the following (where the vertical bar shows where Withgott argued there is boundary between neighboring feet):

Initial-type t vs. flapped-t
military [ˈmɪlɨ | ɛɹi] vs. capital [ˈkʰæpɨɾl̩]
militaristic [ˌmɪlɨ | əˈɹɪstɪk] vs. capitalistic [ˌkʰæpɨɾə | ˈlɪstɪk]

The medial t in càpitalístic can be flapped as easily as in post-stress cátty [ˈkʰæɾi], in contrast to the medial t in mìlitarístic, which comes at the beginning of a foot, and so must be pronounced as [tʰ], like a t at the beginning of a word.

Long, seemingly monomorphemic words also are chunked in English for purposes of pronunciation. In such words [t]’s — as well as the other unvoiced stops — are pronounced like initial segments whenever they receive secondary stress or are at the beginning of a foot:

Navra tilóva

Abra cadábra

Ala kazám

Rázz matàzz

But:

Fliberti gibety

Humu humu nuku nuku apu a‘a

T-to-R rule

The origins of the T-to-R rule lie in the flapping of Шаблон:IPA and the subsequent reinterpretation of the flap as Шаблон:IPA, which was then followed by the use of the prevailing variant of Шаблон:IPA, namely the approximant Шаблон:IPAblink. It is applied in Northern England English and it is always stigmatized. The application of that rule means that shut in the phrasal verb to shut up Шаблон:IPA has a different phonemic form than the citation form of the verb to shut Шаблон:IPA. The rule is typically not applied in the word-internal position.Шаблон:Sfnp

The T-to-R rule has also been reported to occur in the Cardiff dialect (where the merged consonant can surface as either an approximant or a flap) and South African English (where only a flap is possible). In the Cardiff dialect, the rule is typically applied between any vowel (including long vowels) and Шаблон:IPA or the reduced Шаблон:IPA (also across word boundaries), so that starting Шаблон:IPA and starring Шаблон:IPA can be homophonous as Шаблон:IPA. In South African English, the merger is possible only for those speakers who use the flapped allophone of Шаблон:IPA (making the startingstarring minimal pair homophonous as Шаблон:IPA), otherwise the sounds are distinguished as a flap (or a voiceless stop) for Шаблон:IPA (Шаблон:IPA) vs. approximant for Шаблон:IPA (Шаблон:IPA). There, the merger occurs word-internally between vowels in those environments where flapping is possible in North American English.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp

Homophonous pairs
Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA IPA Notes
battle barrel Шаблон:IPA
batty Barrie Шаблон:IPA
batty Barry Шаблон:IPA
betty berry Шаблон:IPA
but a borough Шаблон:IPA In Cardiff English. But has an alternative form Шаблон:IPA, with an elided Шаблон:IPA.Шаблон:Sfnp
butter borough Шаблон:IPA
catty carry Шаблон:IPA
catty kar(r)ee Шаблон:IPA
daughter Dora Шаблон:IPA
Fetty ferry Шаблон:IPA
hotter horror Шаблон:IPA
jetty jerry Шаблон:IPA
Lottie lorry Шаблон:IPA
matty marry Шаблон:IPA
otter horror Шаблон:IPA With h-dropping.
petty Perry Шаблон:IPA
starting starring Шаблон:IPA
tarty tarry Шаблон:IPA Tarry in the sense "resembling tar".

See also

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

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Further reading

  • Withgott, M. Margaret. 1982. Segmental Evidence for Phonological Constituents. Ph.D. Dissertation for the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Iverson, Gregory K. and Sang-Cheol Ahn. 2004. English Voicing in Dimensional Theory. Language Sciences (Phonology of English).
  • Kahn, Daniel. 1976. Syllable-Based Generalizations in English Phonology. Ph.D. Dissertation for the University of Massachusetts reproduced by I.U. Linguistics Club.
  • Steriade, Donca. 1999. Paradigm uniformity and the phonetics-phonology boundary. In M. Broe and J. Pierrehumbert (eds.), Papers in Laboratory Phonology V: Acquisition and the lexicon, 313-334. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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