A Reader in Sociophonetics

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Figure 1.2 Regions of England in which the SPEAK and HEAP classes remain
distinct, according to the Survey of English Dialects. Key: cross-hatch-
ing indicates that the SPEAK class is distinct from both the HEAP
class and the FEED class; vertical stripes, that HEAP and FEED have
merged, and are distinct from SPEAK; and horizontal stripes, that
SPEAK has merged with FEED, and both are distinct from HEAP. (In
all maps, Scotland and Wales are not shown, because they were not
surveyed for SED.)