This study reports on a sociophonetic investigation ofdress-lowering in a rural dialect in northeast Scotland. Previous analyses have indicated that this change is ongoing in a number of varieties worldwide, propelled by a combination of linguistic constraints and favorable associations with Anglo urban Californian varieties. In this paper we examine whether these influences play out in a relic dialect previously resistant to more supralocal changes. Through an analysis of a range of acoustic correlates, we track the progress of this change across three generations of speakers. Analysis of the constraints suggests that in this variety the change is driven by internal pressures, where it is significantly constrained by phonetic environment, specifically, following laterals. Further analysis of this environment reveals increasing distinction on the F2-F1 spectrum, where /l/s have become lighter in onsets and darker in codas. Our analyses reveal that these changes may be viewed as complementary, as they share the same acoustic correlates, suggesting that system-internal pressures are the primary driving force ofdress-lowering in this variety.

中文翻译：

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北方的着装：降低着装和苏格兰方言中的 /l/ 同位异音

本研究报告了一项社会语音调查裙子- 在苏格兰东北部的农村方言中降低。先前的分析表明，在语言限制和与盎格鲁城市加利福尼亚品种的良好关联的共同推动下，这种变化正在世界范围内的许多品种中进行。在本文中，我们研究了这些影响是否在以前抵抗更多超地方变化的遗迹方言中发挥作用。通过对一系列声学相关性的分析，我们跟踪了这一变化在三代扬声器中的进展。对约束条件的分析表明，在这种变化中，变化是由内部压力驱动的，它受到语音环境的显着限制，特别是在侧音之后。对这种环境的进一步分析揭示了 F2-F1 频谱的日益区分，其中 /l/s 在开始时变得更轻，在尾声中变得更暗。我们的分析表明，这些变化可以被视为互补，因为它们具有相同的声学相关性，这表明系统内部压力是主要驱动力裙子- 在这个品种中降低。