Language change beyond the binary: T-glottaling in East Sussex
UKLVC14 | Edinburgh
Universitätsassistent
University Assistant & PhD Candidate
University of Salzburg.
UKLVC14 | Edinburgh
Previous research on language and sexuality has explored a wide range of phonetic features and found many of these to correlate with different sexual identities. However, it remains unclear how sexuality is indexed before coming out as gay.
This study compares the evaluation of speech with the pragmatic marker you know to speech without any pragmatic markers. The comparison is based on a set of perception surveys, in which participants listened to manipulated audio stimuli and rated them on a series of scales. Results suggest that the classic prestige, solidarity and dynamism model is not suitable for the pragmatic marker you know.
Ongoing PhD Project
Paper presented at the Manchester Forum in Linguistics Conference, Manchester (2017)
Email: bradley.mackay@sbg.ac.at
Address: University of Salzburg
Department of English & American Studies
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Salzburg 5020