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A cognitively grounded measure of pronunciation distance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 In this study we develop pronunciation distances based on naive discriminative learning (NDL). Measures of pronunciation distance are used in several subfields of linguistics, including psycholinguistics, dialectology and typology.
Martijn Wieling +5 more
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Dialectality Measurement: A Research Model for Discussion
Lietuvių Kalba, 2023 The aim of this article is to propose a model for studying linguistic behavior and dialectality measurement for scientific discussion. To achieve the goal, the following tasks are set: 1) to briefly review and evaluate the previous studies on linguistic ...
Vytautas Kardelis
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Géolinguistique, 2021 This article studies contemporary Dublin English, within the theoretical framework of perceptual dialectology, using a digital corpus I created in 2020.
Christophe Coupé
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Frontiers in Communication, 2022 This paper presents the results of the first study within a perceptual dialectology framework in the Greek-speaking community in Cyprus. Thirty participants from three age groups of equal size took part in a sociolinguistic interview.
Constantina Fotiou +3 more
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Transposition, not translation: Recuperating attentionality on Pantelleria, Sicily
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 311-329, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines how elderly rural Sicilians recall the meanings of words rendered obsolete by infrastructural, technological, and economic changes that occurred in their lifetime. I examine conversations from my 2016 and 2019 fieldwork on Pantelleria, Sicily, characterized by what I term recuperated attentionality, speaking from ...
Nicco A. La Mattina
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The origin of semilingualism: Nils‐Erik Hansegård and the cult of the mother tongue
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 506-525, November 2023., 2023 Abstract ‘Semilingualism’ is one of the most questionable theories produced in the language sciences. Yet, little is known about its origins. We present a critical account of the history of semilingualism, tracing its roots in the work of Nils Erik Hansegård, (1918–2002), inaugural chair of Sámi at Umeå University (1975–1979), who developed a theory of
David Karlander, Linus Salö
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Is Creaky Voice a Valley Girl Feature? Stancetaking & Evolution of a Linguistic Stereotype
Anglophonia, 2021 The ‘Valley Girl’ stereotype came to be known in 1982 thanks to Frank & Moon Zappa’s eponymous hit song, which associated a wide variety of linguistic markers with the persona of a white, privileged, vapid, female adolescent. This ideological association
Pierre Habasque
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Varieties of ‘standard accents’ among teachers in contemporary Britain
World Englishes, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 507-522, September 2023., 2023 Abstract This article investigates accent variation within the UK, applied to the professional context of teaching. The purpose is two‐fold: first, to discuss a variety of accents in contemporary Britain, demonstrating how accents can be categorised based on the degree to which they mark the speaker's local origins.
Alex Baratta
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T‐tapping in Standard Southern British English: An ‘elite’ sociolinguistic variant?
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 26, Issue 2, Page 287-298, April 2022., 2022 Abstract Social class is one of the key axes of sociolinguistic variation, but the speech of those at the top of the class spectrum—the elite—is rarely studied. While T‐glottalling has spread widely across British English accents, a competing variant—T‐tapping—has attracted little scholarly attention in the United Kingdom. This article presents a study
Roy Alderton
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 120, Issue 1, Page 1-31, March 2022., 2022 Abstract This paper addresses a series of complex and unresolved issues in the historical phonology of West Iranian languages, (Persian, Kurdish, Balochi, and other languages), which display a high degree of irregular, non‐Lautgesetzlich behaviour.
Chundra A. Cathcart
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