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IRISH ENGLISH PHONOLOGICAL

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What a heard... Hickey (2004; 2011) explains it...
/l/ = [ɫ]  [l] Non velar, non palatal /l/ from Irish
E.g. ball, school, feel
Retroflex [] *Convergence English – Irish
E.g. door, car, pork, **Input from Scotland

Replace of // for /U/


E.g. but, cup, up, us Possibly input from Scotland or Irish

/I/ instead of other vowels


Palatalization /k, g/ - Off-glides
E.g. cat, gate, great, same

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