This dissertation advances research in sociolinguistics by analyzing phonetic variation in a
majority Asian American community in San Francisco, California. As one of the first …

The present analysis builds on previous evidence for the California Vowel Shift in San
Francisco English (Hall-Lew 2009, 2013) with data on the lowering and retraction of BET …

ABSTRACT English has got the status of lingua franca when it comes to fulfil the
communication needs of the nations around the world. The widespread of English has …

This study investigates the interrelationship of language, identity, and/ae/(“ash”) variation
along the first-formant (F1) and second-formant (F2) dimensions, in first-and second …

Dialect emergence or new-dialect formation in intensive contact situations has been the
subject of research for decades. Approaches to dialect emergence have led to a more solid …

Prevelar raising/fronting has been documented as a “defining feature” of Pacific Northwest
English, yet its status in nearby California remains unclear. This study investigates prevelar …

Vowel variation and change in American English is well studied and well established in the
Eastern portion of the United States, but less so in the West. California is by far the most …

The present research investigates the acoustic features of back vowels of Pakistani English
(PakE). The vowels are acoustically analysed to see whether PakE is different from Standard …

This paper presents findings of a phonetic investigation of the 11 monophthongal vowels
produced by 18 speakers of Brunei English (BrunE). Data for the current study was also …

The study is conducted to testify the claim that in Punjabi English, the distinction
between/e/and/æ/is not maintained (Kachru, 2005)(1). The subjects were selected from …