bag-bagel Merger: Perceptual Evidence from Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington
Journal of English Linguistics
Published online on February 13, 2026
Abstract
Journal of English Linguistics, Volume 54, Issue 1, Page 3-28, March 2026.
The pronunciation of words in thebat,bet, andbaitclasses before /ɡ/ (hereafterbag,beg, andbagel) is well-documented in production studies of Pacific Northwest English and beyond, yet there remains a lack of consensus as to whether the phenomenon ...
The pronunciation of words in thebat,bet, andbaitclasses before /ɡ/ (hereafterbag,beg, andbagel) is well-documented in production studies of Pacific Northwest English and beyond, yet there remains a lack of consensus as to whether the phenomenon ...