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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 ...
Sociophonetic Variation at the Intersection of Gender, Region, and Style in Japanese Female Speech
(Georgetown University, 2014)
This dissertation is a sociophonetic study of 46 female Japanese speakers from three major metropolitan regions: Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. While previous work on Japanese Women's Language assumes a monolithic speech variety, ...
Language, Ethnicity and Identity in a New Jersey Korean-American Community
(Georgetown University, 2015)
This dissertation investigates the variable patterning of two phonological features in the speech of 24 Korean Americans in the most densely populated Korean American community in the US, Bergen County, in the northeast ...