There is a substantial body of literature showing that men and women speak differently and
that these differences are endemic to the speech signal. However, the psycholinguistic …

The natural tendency for language variation, intensified by Spanish's territorial growth, has
driven sibilant changes and mergers across the Spanish-speaking world. This article aims to …

This book introduces readers to basic concepts of sociolinguistics with a focus on Spanish in
the US. The coverage goes beyond linguistics to examine the history and politics of Spanish …

The competency and professional growth of the workforce in the architecture, engineering,
and construction (AEC) industry is significantly impacted by the individuals' ability to master …

Black Americans who are perceived as more racially phenotypical—that is, who possess
more physical traits that are closely associated with their race—are more often associated …

Standard varieties are often perceived as morally superior compared with nonstandard
varieties. Consequently, these differences lead to ideologies that racialize nonstandard …

Variation in speech has always been important to phonetic theory, but takes center stage in
the growing area of sociophonetics, which places the role of the social at the heart of the …

This study examines the ways in which Cuban, Colombian, and Peninsular Spanish in
Miami-Dade County (MDC) are conceptualized by Latinx participants in terms of implicit …

The field of contact linguistics has long argued for the paramount importance of social
factors in understanding the outcomes of linguistic contact. In contrast, linguistic ideologies …

The book fills a critical research gap by more fully examining the theory and practice of
teacher education in a changing time when national identities and cross-border mobilities …