The existence of an allophonic split between raised onsets before voiceless consonants and more open onsets in other environments is well-established for the vowels in thepricelexical set. It has also been observed—less frequently—for the vowels in themouthlexical set. We provide evidence of this allophonic raising split in the English spoken on the Isles of Scilly (a group of islands off the southwest coast of England) where the pattern is more robust formouththanprice. We propose that the allophonic raising split on Scilly is the outcome of dialect contact and natural phonetic tendencies, as observed elsewhere. However, by reflecting on the specifics of the location studied, and drawing on a perception study, we hypothesise that the trajectory of the pattern may be the consequence of the different social and regional qualities indexed bymouthandpriceand the interaction of these meanings with ideologies about Scilly and its speakers.

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自然语音倾向和社会意义：探索锡利群岛上price和mouth的同位异音提升分裂

清辅音前的隆起声母和其他环境中更开放的声母之间存在同位异音分裂，这对于价钱词汇集。对于嘴词汇集。我们提供了锡利岛（英格兰西南海岸附近的一组岛屿）英语中这种同位异音升高分裂的证据，该模式对嘴比价钱. 我们认为 Scilly 的同位异音提升分裂是方言接触和自然语音倾向的结果，正如在其他地方观察到的那样。然而，通过反思所研究位置的具体情况，并借鉴感知研究，我们假设该模式的轨迹可能是不同社会和区域品质的结果嘴和价钱以及这些含义与关于锡利及其演讲者的意识形态的相互作用。