'Tell her to shut her moof' : the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian

Stuart-Smith, Jane and Timmins, Claire; Kay, Christian and Caie, Graham and Hough, Carole and Wotherspoon, Irene, eds. (2006) 'Tell her to shut her moof' : the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian. In: The Power of Words. Rodopi, pp. 171-183. ISBN 9789042021211

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Abstract

The discovery of TH-fronting, or the use of [f] for /th/ in words such as think and tooth, as a feature in the speech of working class Glaswegian adolescents provoked both academic and general interest when it was reported in 1998.