Sociophonetics–the interface of sociolinguistics and phonetics–is a field that has expanded
rapidly in recent years. A subject that requires both methodological and theoretical …

An insightful exploration of the impact of urban change on Black culture, identity, and
language Across the United States, cities are changing. Gentrification is transforming urban …

This study investigates/l/‐darkening in the Welsh and English speech of bilinguals in North
Wales. Although it is claimed that/l/is dark in all syllable positions in northern varieties of …

This article examines the co‐occurring realization of two sociophonetic variables within a
style—the LOT vowel in English and word‐initial/l/—to explore the link between articulatory …

(L)-vocalization has been receiving increasing attention in sociophonetic research but is a
challenging variable to measure consistently. Acoustic measures are not typically used …

The English/lr/distinction is difficult to learn for some second language learners as well as for
native-speaking children. This study examines the use of the second (F2) and third (F3) …

This thesis is an articulatory investigation into phonological variation and change in
English/l/-darkening. Although syllable-based accounts of/l/-darkening state that light [l] …

This thesis investigates phonetic and phonological variation in the bilingual repertoire of
adolescent Welsh-English bilinguals living in North Wales. It contributes to linguistic …

Abstract Increasingly, studies of African American English (AAE) include in their scope the
speech of upper and middle-class African Americans (Rahman 2008; Weldon 2011; Alim …

This dissertation explores the role of affect in sociolinguistic style. Styles--or clusters of
socially meaningful linguistic features--are central to the projection of social types or …