African American Vernacular English (AAVE), one of the most studied dialects in American
English, has undergone several changes in its label across the years. Its most recent …

Abstract African American Language (AAL) is one of the most researched varieties of
American English, yet key aspects of its development and spread remain under‐theorized …

African American English (AAE) is a major area of research in linguistics, but until now, work
has primarily been focused on AAE as it is spoken amongst the working classes. From its …

This is a study of the competition of linguistic systems within the speech community, tracing
the opposition of distinct phonological configurations. Among younger Philadelphians …

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 …

To better understand changes in the intonation patterns of speakers of African American
Language and European American English over time, the current study compares the …

While traditional variationist research has been critiqued for positioning ethnic and regional
variation in terms of separate “lects,” recent work has adopted a more nuanced view in …

Abstract Middle class African American English (AAE) has remained largely invisible to the
sociolinguistic lens despite the fact that over 50 years of research has made it one of the …

This paper examines the effects of housing segregation on variation in the vowel systems of
young speakers of Swedish who have grown up in different neighborhoods of Gothenburg …

This study investigates the low back vowel merger (lot-thought merger) of African American
and European American speakers in Washington DC. The study aims to follow up with the …