Phonetic variation among Scottish members of the UK Parliament may be influenced by convergence to Southern English norms (Carr & Brulard, 2006) or political identity (e.g., Hall-Lew, Coppock, & Starr, 2010). Drawing on a year's worth of political speeches (2011–2012) from 10 Scottish members of the UK Parliament (MPs), we find no acoustic evidence for the adoption of a Southern English low vowel system; rather, we find that vowel height is significantly correlated with political party: Scottish Labour Party MPs produce a higher cat vowel (Johnston, 1997) than do Scottish National Party MPs. The results contradict claims that Scottish MPs acquire Anglo-English features while serving in the UK Parliament. Rather, we suggest that the variation indexes political meaning, with a subset of individuals drawing on that indexicality in production.

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住宿或政治身份：英国议会的苏格兰议员

英国议会苏格兰成员之间的语音差异可能会受到与南部英语规范（Carr & Brulard, 2006）或政治认同（例如，Hall-Lew、Coppock & Starr, 2010）的趋同的影响。根据英国议会 10 名苏格兰议员 (MPs) 一年的政治演讲（2011-2012 年），我们没有发现采用南方英语低元音系统的声学证据；相反，我们发现元音高度与政党显着相关：苏格兰工党议员产生更高的猫元音（约翰斯顿，1997）比苏格兰民族党议员。结果与声称苏格兰国会议员在英国议会任职期间获得盎格鲁-英语特征的说法相矛盾。相反，我们建议变异索引政治意义，其中一部分个人在生产中利用这种索引性。