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(a) shortest you (b) the longest you

ʃ

Time (s) 1.733

a t oəl ŋ s tʃ  

Figure 10. Spectrogram showing (in sequence) (a) shortest you (74) and (b) longest you
(73); female speaker.

(76) shows a glottalised, nasalised glide resulting from the coalescence of proper-
ties from three segments, nasalisation from /n/, glottalisation from /t/ and labiality
from /m/. It is illustrated in Figure 11.

(76) and he didn’t want me [w̰ɒw̰̃ eɪ] to leave

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didn’t want me

d m w w

Time (s) 0.3638

e

Figure 11. Spectrogram showing didn’t want me (76); female speaker.