Summary: phonotactics

• Findings show: prenuclear accent likely to be repeated Cambridge but not in Belfast

• A variety-specific parameter?

• Caveat: typical Belfast mixed head: H* L*H L*H % But: H* most common choice of initial accent across varieties

  • read sentences: 90% Cambridge, 80% Newcastle, 75% Belfast read passages: 85% Cambridge, 70% Newcastle, 62% Belfast

• Conflicting preferences? (1) preference for accent repetition (2) preference for initial H*?

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