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Modelling stylistic variation in threatened and under-documented languages [PDF]

, 2020
The centrality of style is uncontested in sociolinguistics: it is an essential construct in the study of linguistic variation and change in the speech community.
Kasstan, J., Kasstan, J.
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Inter- vs. Intra-Speaker Variation in Mixed Heritage Syntax: A Statistical Analysis

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Based on the novel data pertaining to five syntactic phenomena (the position of the finite verb in embedded clauses, in sentences with a modal verb, negative concord, the position of focused light/heavy objects in main clauses with a complex tense and ...
Federica Cognola, Ivano Baronchelli, Evelina Molinari   +2 more
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Style or accent?: Gendered perceptions of English among young Bahrainis

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract Although both are recognized as different speech types, an accent is generally understood as unintentional, whereas style is performative. This study argues that with increasing rates of contact in globalization between people, resources, and cultures, ‘accent’ can be reconceptualized as closely intersected with ‘style’ in Expanding Circle ...
Wafa Al‐Alawi
wiley   +1 more source

A variation of Reynolds-Hurkens Paradox [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
We present a variation of Hurkens paradox, which can itself be seen as a variation of Reynolds result that there is no set theoretic model of polymorphism.
arxiv  

‘Ow Cockney is Beckham Twenty Years On? An Investigation into H-dropping and T-glottaling

Lifespans and Styles, 2016
This research paper examines how language change can occur across the lifespan through the linguistic analysis of East Londoner, and world renowned football player, David Beckham.
Sofia Dahou, Jasmine Hamlin
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(l) as a sociolinguistic variable in Francoprovençal [PDF]

, 2017
This article argues for (l) as a sociolinguistic variable in Francoprovençal: (l) refers to variable palatalisation of /l/ in obstruent + lateral onset clusters (/kl, ɡl, pl, bl, fl/), a feature that has long been the subject of metalinguistic commentary,
Kasstan, J., Kasstan, J., Müller, D., Müller, D.   +3 more
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Parodying incompetence in (I)europa: Hearing glide insertion and communism in a Romanian politician's speech

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 493-517, December 2024.
Abstract My paper asks which linguistic features become enregistered to a politician's image, and how this process occurs. I examine glide insertion in the speech of former Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă and parodies of her. As parody requires exaggeration of salient features in order to be legible, I use it to investigate what is heard as ...
Anna‐Marie Sprenger
wiley   +1 more source

“That’s What It Felt Like, ‘You’re Pathetic’”: Creaky voice, Affective Stance, and Authentication in the Speech of Lady Gaga

Lifespans and Styles, 2017
This paper contributes to research on the social meaning of creaky voice in American English by offering an intraspeaker analysis of the speech of Lady Gaga, an American pop star.
Lewis Esposito
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Early Universe Constraints on Time Variation of Fundamental Constants [PDF]

Phys.Rev.D78:083527,2008, 2008
We study the time variation of fundamental constants in the early Universe. Using data from primordial light nuclei abundances, CMB and the 2dFGRS power spectrum, we put constraints on the time variation of the fine structure constant $\alpha$, and the Higgs vacuum expectation value $$ without assuming any theoretical framework. A variation in $$
arxiv   +1 more source

Code-Switching as Strategically Employed in Political Discourse

Lifespans and Styles, 2016
There is extensive scholarship in the field of sociolinguistics on mediated political discourse as strategically employed to gain support in the run-up to and during elections.
Yova Kementchedjhieva
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