Since its original publication in 1997, Rosina Lippi-Green's English with an Accent has
inspired generations of scholars to investigate linguistic discrimination, social categorization …

A thorough and fascinating exploration of the evolution of English'phonological structure,
this book traces the history of individual sounds and their representation through Old …

This paper presents the first systematic acoustic analysis of a rhotic accent in present-day
England. The dataset comprises spontaneous and elicited speech of 28 speakers from …

Esta pesquisa apresenta análises sobre avaliação, produção e percepção linguística no
português paulistano, por meio do exame de quatro variáveis sociolinguísticas: a realização …

" Drawing on data from well-known actors in popular films and TV shows, this reference
guide surveys the representation of accent in North American film and TV over eight …

The time-consuming nature of coding sociophonetic variables that are typically treated as
categorical represents an impediment to addressing research questions around these …

EXPOSITION A growing amount of research on North American English varieties shows that
many sociolinguistic variables peaked among the Baby Boomer Generation (born …

The term sociophonetics refers to the interface of sociolinguistics and phonetics, and
specifically to the use of modern phonetic methods in the quantitative analysis of language …

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 …

For nearly 400 years, New England has held an important place in the development of
American English, and" New England accents" are very well known in the popular …