m ENVIRONMENT = medial schwa
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First subtype – medial “a-schwa”
CONTROL GROUP (Whites)
m env, for ‘a’. The m env has 162 ‘a’, 163 ‘e’, 73 ‘i’, 30 ‘o’, 45 ‘u’
OLDER CONTROL GROUP (Black speakers)
m env, for ‘a’. The m env has 152 ‘a’, 137 ‘e’, 57 ‘i’, 25 ‘o’, 59 ‘u’
CORE GROUP OF YOUNG BLACK SPEAKERS
m env, for ‘a’. The m env has 682 ‘a’, 820 ‘e’, 371 ‘i’, 96 ‘o’, 191 ‘u’