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From Phonetic Variation to Linguistic Social Biomarkers: A Conceptual Review of the Pronunciation of English /t/

2026-08-03

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The English /t/ is among the most phonetically variable consonants in contemporary English, exhibiting multiple realizations that are shaped by linguistic, historical, and sociocultural factors. Although individual variants such as alveolar flapping, T-glottaling, unreleased /t/, and aspirated /t/ have been extensively investigated, existing research has largely examined these phenomena in isolation. This conceptu...

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DOI: 10.20944/preprints202608.0007.v1

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