Sociolinguistics – Languaged Life

The Language of Love: Gendered Communication Patterns in Conflict

Analisa Sack, Paden Frye, Olivia Simons, Stella Kang, Jeorgette Cuellar Our study explores the differences in how men and women express emotions in heterosexual relationships, particularly during conflict situations. The research investigates language dynamics among college-aged couples. Hypothetical conflict scenarios were used to elicit natural responses, which we then transcribed and analyzed. The findings reveal […]

college students, conflict resolution, Conversation Analysis, gender, gender differences, relationships

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Real Talk: Colloquialism in TV Dialogue vs. Natural Conversations

Sociolinguistics

Namrata Deepak, Renee Rubanowitz, Kylie Shults, Alik Shehadeh, George Faville Iconic TV catchphrases like “Yada-yada-yada,” “D’oh,” That’s what she said,” and “Bazinga!” have been seamlessly integrated into our everyday conversations. Such a phenomenon prompts amusing discussions and questions surrounding the relationship between real-world conversation and on-screen dialogue. While some aspects of on-screen language, like exaggerated

Conversation Analysis, Media, sitcoms, television

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Generational Speak: Investigating Sibling Language Dynamics in Spanish-Speaking Californian Families

Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics

Why are younger siblings more likely to be excused for their lack of native language proficiency — and in turn, older siblings expected to be fluent? Following this common perception of bilingual speakers, our group hypothesized that in second-generation, Spanish-speaking households, older siblings would be less likely to produce speech errors and instances of code-switching

Code-Switching, language acquisition, siblings, Spanish

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Alpha Males: Talk of the Trade

Language and Gender, Sociolinguistics

Pauline Antonio-Nguyen, Elizabeth Gin, Anna James, Jennifer Padilla, Shanna Yu An internet phenomenon: the Alpha Male. These men view the world in black-and-white gender roles steeped in misogyny, where women are not their equal and are expected to be subservient to them. This study takes the philosophies behind existing research done on conversation patterns between

alpha male, gender, Gendered Performance, social media, TikTok, YouTube

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Influencer Speech and Indexicality

Communications, Sociolinguistics

Shogo Payne, Olivia Brown, Jade Reyes-Reid, Ricardo Muñoz, Priscella Yun Stereotypically, people consider TikTok influencers to be vapid and unimportant. However, through our research on the language of TikTok influencers, we have found that through particular lexical choices, influencers establish their niche within the beauty industry by appealing to the emotions of viewers, becoming vessels

Indexicality, influencer speech, influencers, social media, TikTok

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Gender Portrayals in Hip-Hop Lyrics

Language and Gender, Sociolinguistics

Hip-hop music as a genre has grown in popularity and oftentimes notoriety among younger generations for its catchy beats, the interesting artists behind them, and the relationships that come as a result of them, whether those be for better or for worse. Beyond its redeeming qualities, however, there has been a push in recent years

gender, gender differences, hip-hop, Misogyny, music, profanity

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Political Polarization: Why are you fighting in the comment section?

Communications, Sociolinguistics

Kathryn Cunningham, Anna Tobey, Leia Broughton, Maya Athwal, Nicole Pacheco Note: This article was written in Spring 2024, prior to Biden stepping down from the presidential race and Trump winning the 2024 presidential election. Are all news headlines made equal? For our project, we analyzed the potential effects of framing in online news headlines on

comments, framing, Media, news headlines, polarization, political parties, politics

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Dialogues of Fame: Unveiling Gender Dynamics in Celebrity Interviews

Communications, Language and Gender, Sociolinguistics

Elizabeth Escamilla, Penelope Hernandez, Kenzie MacDougal, Jason Ye Human interaction is complex and, at a sociolinguistic level, can be challenging to parse. With that in mind, we chose to analyze celebrity interviews — definite and structured slices of conversation whose participants were conscious of the invisible future viewer. Informed and inspired by studies such as

celebrities, gender, gender differences, interviews, Media

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“Swag Toh Dekho:” Hindi-English Code-Switching in Bollywood Movies of the Last 30 Years

Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics

Krithi de Souza, Kara Bryant, Sophia Adams, Medha Kini Bollywood! We know (and love) the films for their grand and magnificent dance sequences, epic love stories, and extra long running times. Bollywood is often referred to as the “Indian Hollywood,” and this Hindi cinema industry has a large fanbase of its own. But how much

Bollywood, Code-Switching, Hindi, India, Media, movies

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