Language and Dialect Contact in Ireland

Traces the phonological origins of one of the oldest colonial varieties of English Draws on data from the phonology and phonological history of Ulster English, and regional varieties of English and Scots Examines consonantal features, including velar palatalisation, pre-R dentalisation, epenthesis, consonant cluster simplification, palatal velarisation, and (non-)rhoticityExamines the origins of vowel quality and quantity (including the Scottish Vowel Length Rule), and vowel lexical distribution