Court reporters are certified at either 95% or 98% accuracy, depending on their certifying
organization; however, the measure of accuracy is not one that evaluates their ability to …

Variation in speech has always been important to phonetic theory, but takes center stage in
the growing area of sociophonetics, which places the role of the social at the heart of the …

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 …

Language acquisition is a well-established avenue for language change (Labov, 2007).
Given the theoretical importance of language acquisition to language change, it is all the …

The traditional Philadelphia allophonic/æ/system (henceforth: PHL shown in (1) below) is
characterized by a set of complicated conditioning factors and a dramatic acoustic distinction …

Abstract While African American English is among the best studied language varieties, it
was historically taken to be relatively uniform, and it is only recently that regional variation in …

This article examines the transfer of (TH)-fronting, a phonological feature of African
American English, into the speech of white speakers from South Philadelphia. While most …

Local orientation has been shown to influence speakers' participation in local dialect norms
and ongoing sound changes since the beginning of modern sociolinguistics (eg, Labov …

Language in African American Communities is essential reading for anyone with an interest
in the language, culture, and sociohistorical contexts of African American communities. It will …

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: Incremental change in Philadelphia Page 1 The apple
doesn’t fall far from the tree: Incremental change in Philadelphia families Sabriya Fisher, Hilary …