6. Mass Migration, Social Networks, and Generational Change: The Proliferation of ain't for didn't in Post-Migration Philadelphia

S Fisher - Publication of the American Dialect Society, 2024 - read.dukeupress.edu
Sociolinguistics has long demonstrated the importance of social networks on linguistic
stability as well as the spread of linguistic change (Milroy 1980; Labov 2001). Work within …

TH-stopping in Philadelphia Puerto Rican English

AE Patchell, GM Berry - Language Variation and Change, 2024 - cambridge.org
Analyzing data from the Puerto Rican English in Philadelphia (PREP) corpus, we investigate
participation in TH-stopping, a socially stigmatized yet stable variable documented in …

[图书][B] The Social Life of Appalachian Englishes: A Sociolinguistic Introduction

J Cramer, A Burkette - 2024 - books.google.com
Appalachian Englishes (AEs) possess an array of linguistic features that distinguish them
from other American Englishes, yet the rich history of language in the United States has …

Variation in African American English Verbal Morphology Following Ain't in the Past and Present Perfect

S Fisher - American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage, 2024 - read.dukeupress.edu
This paper investigates variation in verbal morphology following negative auxiliary
contractions, most notably ain't, in past tense and present perfect constructions in …