Ruaridh Purse, Euan McGill

An Intraspeaker Variation Study of Scottish English /r/ Pharyngealisation

Linguistics

Pharyngealisation— the retraction of the tongue towards the pharynx— of prepausal and preconsonantal /r/ has been recognised as an emergent...

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This study offers a compelling investigation into the intraspeaker variation of /r/ pharyngealisation in Scottish English, addressing a notable gap in...

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Bei Qing Cham

Sixty Years of Speech: A Study of Language Change in Adulthood

Linguistics

Research on language change has been complicated and hindered by the problem of obtaining quality data. In many cases, the large volume of...

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This study presents an innovative approach to investigating language change in adulthood, leveraging the unique linguistic archive offered by Sir Davi...

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Xinyun Lei, Siqi Liu

Has Barack Obama Changed his Language in Later Life? A Case Study of -ing/-in Variation and the MOUTH Vowel

Linguistics

This paper aims to explore whether individual speakers can change their language at the phonological level across their lifespan, especiall...

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Maria Dokovova

Achieving Native-like Pronunciation through Phonetic Analysis and Poetry

Linguistics

The problem of identifying phonetic phenomena related to language transfer and correction in second language (L2) production can be approac...

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This study presents an investigation into the challenges of achieving native-like pronunciation in a second language (L2), specifically French, by exa...

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Joel Merry

Black Country English in the Spotlight: A Stylistic Analysis of Variable Contrast between Phonemes in an Urban Regiolect of British English

Linguistics

When examining the COT /CAUGHT merger in central Pennsylvania, Labov (1994) uncovered a stylistic phenomenon, known as the “ Bill Peters Ef...

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Yova Kementchedjhieva

Code-Switching as Strategically Employed in Political Discourse

Linguistics

There is extensive scholarship in the field of sociolinguistics on mediated political discourse as strategically employed to gain support i...

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This paper addresses a highly pertinent and underexplored area within sociolinguistics: the strategic employment of code-switching in political discou...

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Suzey Ingold

Goin’ Home: The Role of Vowel Raising in Indexing an Ethnic Identity

Linguistics

Vowel height can be seen as a feature indexing a particular ethnic identity or indicating a style shift between two such identities. This p...

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Michael Marinaccio

De LaurentESE

Linguistics

An increasing amount of sociolinguistic research has been concentrated on diachronic idiolect change: the change of an individual’s dialect...

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This paper tackles the increasingly relevant sociolinguistic phenomenon of diachronic idiolect change, focusing on how an individual’s dialect evolves...

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Stella Takvoryan

"We Pray for Our Nation an(d) Our Worl(d)"

Linguistics

This paper examines the effect of race, context, and white public space on the extent to which speakers articulate, hyperarticulate, hypo-a...

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The paper, titled "We Pray for Our Nation an(d) Our Worl(d)," presents a compelling sociophonetic analysis of word-final English alveolar stops -/t/ a...

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Jamie Brigg

“I didn’t fink dat was funny”

Linguistics

This paper examines the effect of middle and older age on Michael Caine’s realisation of the English dental fricatives. The results show...

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