However, this option did not continue over time, and dress now continues to raise as a monophthong.
Thus, after the phonologization of i-umlaut the diphthong is reinterpreted as a long monophthong.
It also shows stylistic stratification, as the monophthong was not present in the reading list data.
However, in this data set, the monophthong is absent in the middle-class speakers, suggesting that it is stigmatized.
Thus, we now conduct a multivariate analysis of the contribution of lexical item and situational context to the probability of the monophthong in these contexts of use.
Turner (1970) observed that the head monophthong was becoming diphthongal.
This will allow us to determine which of these contextual factors contribute statistically significant effects to the appearance of the monophthong when both are considered simultaneously.
This suggests that the monophthong represents the community norm, despite the fact that it is a relic form, which may in fact be somewhat stigmatized with certain groups of speakers.
