Aspects of the Acoustic Analysis of Imitation 389Notes
1 For auditory research on how individual speakers vary in their ability to produce
and perceive imitation, see Markham 1997, 1999.
2 For more details on the methods and results of this study, see Evans 2002.
3 This could reÀ ect an overall trend among younger speakers of Midwest American
English (Ash 1996).
4 Eckert (2003) calls this issue one of sociolinguistics’ “elephants in the room.”
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