This chapter reviews sociophonetic evidence for the emergence of linguistic knowledge: that
is, how knowledge about linguistic units and processes are shaped by socialisation, and by …

The paper defines the core components of an interactive‐phonetic (IP) sound change
model. The starting point for the IP‐model is that a phonological category is often skewed …

This article follows a change in pronunciation of word-medial intervocalic/t/in New Zealand
English, as it unfolds over 120 years. Data are analyzed in the context of questions about the …

The contributions to this volume discuss the degree to which awareness plays a role in how
language is produced (Babel, Zimman), acquired (Nycz), and processed (Beck, Carmichael …

Social meaning-based approaches to linguistic variation treat variation as a semiotic system,
in which sociolinguistic signs—indexical links between linguistic forms and social meanings …

Learners must develop the ability to perceive linguistic and social meaning in their second
language (L2) to interact effectively, but relatively little is known about how learners link …

The influence of social knowledge on speech perception is a question of interest to a range
of disciplines of language research. This study combines experimental and qualitative …

Linguistics, English linguistics in particular, has witnessed a remarkable quantitative turn
since the 1990s and the early 2000s. It was a turn both in scale and in quality, a turn …

This study is concerned with whether an asymmetric phonetic overlap between speaker
groups contributes to the directional spread of sound change. An acoustic analysis of …

The constructionist framework is more relevant than ever, due to efforts by a broad range of
researchers across the globe, a steady increase in the use of corpus and experimental …