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World Englishes and sociolinguistic variation
World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, Page 2-11, March-June 2025.Abstract This article discusses the connections between world Englishes and sociolinguistic variation. It begins with an overview of the field of sociolinguistic variation, and also highlighting contemporary approaches to world Englishes, with specific reference to the sociolinguistic realities (in the Kachruvian sense) of Outer Circle contexts.
Werner Botha, Tobias Bernaisch
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Investigating residual rhoticity in a non-rhotic accent [PDF]
, 2007 This paper reports on preliminary findings of a study conducted in the Black Country area of the west midlands of England. The small number of linguistic studies carried out in this region in the last 40 years have not found evidence of the continuing existence of variable rhoticity in the local speech variety.
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Language and identity in the Windrush generation
World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, Page 300-315, March-June 2025.Abstract This paper examines how the Windrush generation uses phonological and morphosyntactic elements of Jamaican Creole (JamC), London Jamaican (LonJam) and standard British English (SBE) to do identity work in interviews broadcast as part of a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush.
Guyanne Wilson
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Perception of ambiguous rhoticity in Glasgow
Journal of Phonetics, 2023 Relatively little research has been conducted on the effect of hearing an unfamiliar native English accent. This paper tests listeners with varying levels of familiarity with the Glaswegian linguistic environment, presenting them with naturalistic minimal pairs such as hut/hurt – produced by speakers raised in Glasgow – in two-alternative-forced-choice
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International Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 59, Issue 6, Page 2181-2196, November/December 2024.Abstract Background Speech in individuals with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) is a complex myriad of presenting symptoms. It is uniquely associated with the structural difference of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI), together with a wide and heterogeneous range of other aetiologies which often co‐occur.
Valerie J Pereira, Debbie Sell
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What is in a name: Taxonomy of speech sound disorders from a cross‐linguistic perspective
International Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 59, Issue 6, Page 2123-2130, November/December 2024.Abstract Background In response to the call for papers under the theme “What is in a name” proposed by the Scientific Child Speech Committee of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP), the current paper discusses taxonomy and its relation to speech sound disorders (SSD) from a cross‐linguistic perspective. Aims This
Kakia Petinou‐Loizou +2 more
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International Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 59, Issue 6, Page 2706-2722, November/December 2024.Abstract Background Approximately 50% of all young children with a developmental language disorder (DLD) also have problems with speech production. Research on speech sound development and clinical diagnostics of speech production difficulties focuses mostly on accuracy; it relates children's phonological realizations to adult models.
Anouk Scheffer +5 more
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Exploring vowel errors produced in nonword repetition in children with speech and language disorders
International Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 59, Issue 6, Page 2896-2910, November/December 2024.Abstract Background Accurate nonword repetition (NWR) is contingent on many underlying skills, including encoding, memory and motor planning and programming. Though vowel errors are frequently associated with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), several recent studies have found that children with developmental language disorder (DLD) produce high rates ...
Janet Vuolo, Taylor L. Gifford
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On the phonetic realization and distribution of Costa Rican rhotics
Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2007 La muestra analizada del español producido por hablantes del Valle Central de Costa Rica evidencia que la vibrante múltiple ha sido substituida por una rótica asibilada, al tiempo que la vibrante simple también se asibila en tres contextos fonológicos ...
Luz Marina Vásquez Carranza
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We /r/ Tongan, not American: Variation and the social meaning of rhoticity in Tongan English
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 3-23, September 2024.Abstract The current paper argues that speakers of Tongan English, an emergent variety spoken in the Kingdom of Tonga, may use rhoticity to construct a cosmopolitan and globally oriented local social identity. A variationist analysis of non‐prevocalic /r/ in a corpus of 56 speakers reveals a change in progress towards rhoticity led by young females ...
Danielle Tod
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