Variable r‐lessness in New Orleans English is a salient linguistic feature tied to local place‐
based identity. In this study, I examine rates of r‐lessness in the wake of Hurricane Katrina …

A monograph series devoted to sociolinguistic research, surveys and annotated text
collections. The VEAW series is divided into two parts: a text series contains carefully …

In the latter half of the twentieth century, the White working class vernacular in Greater New
Orleans (GNO) has lost ground to extralocal linguistic pressures. Locally salient phonetic …

An individual's language can change in the moment due to the topic of conversation and
over time because of regional mobility. This paper investigates the relationship between …

This study analyzes the origins and development of the phonology of Cavite Chabacano,
focusing particularly on the role of superstrate and substrate influence on the history of the …

As James Milroy argues, a variety of a language becomes a standard variety first and
foremost because of ideological beliefs that speakers hold about this variety, such as the …

This project explores the social meaning potential of creaky voice using a third wave
variationist approach in order to uncover what motivates speakers to deploy this vocal …

Der Sprachgebrauch reflektiert die soziale Identität eines Menschen und oft lässt sich die
Herkunftsregion, das Geschlecht oder das Alter darauf zurückführen. Die vorliegende Arbeit …

Phonological theories differ as to whether phonological knowledge is abstract (eg,
phonemic), concrete (eg, exemplar-based), or some combination of the two. The …

This paper investigates analogical leveling in a small set of English nouns that have
irregular plural forms. In these nouns, all of which end in a voiceless fricative, the fricative …