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Vowel variation, style, and identity construction in the English of Latinos in Washington, D.C.
(Georgetown University, 2015)
This study investigates the interrelationship of language, identity, and /ae/ (“ash”) variation along the first-formant (F1) and second-formant (F2) dimensions, in first- and second- generation Latinos in the Washington, ...
Phonetic variation in Washington DC: Race, neighborhood, and gender
(Georgetown University, 2016)
This dissertation explores the speech of African American and European American residents in the District of Columbia, approaching from both variationist and discourse-analytic perspectives. The study investigates the ...
Intertextual media references as resources for managing frames, epistemics, and identity in conversation among friends
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Gordon (2009) has demonstrated that intertextuality (e.g., Bakhtin 1981, 1986; Kristeva 1986; Becker 1994; Hamilton 1996; Tannen 2007) and framing (e.g., Bateson 1972; Goffman 1974; Tannen & Wallat 1987/1993) are intrinsically ...
The Enregisterment of Dialects in Japanese YouTube Comments: A Comparative Analysis
(Georgetown University, 2018)
This study contextualizes the explosive valorization and commodification of dialect in Japan since the 1980s, known as the “dialect boom”, in terms of Japanese social and economic issues and the growing public interest in ...
Power and Solidarity in Moral, Affective, and Epistemic Positioning: Constructing Identities in Everyday Vietnamese Family Discourse
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Expanding scholarship on Vietnamese interaction (e.g., Luong, 1990; Sidnell and Shohet, 2013) and discursive identity construction in families (e.g., Tannen, Kendall, and Gordon, 2007), this study explores everyday ...