Sociolinguistics – Page 10

Beyond the Binary: Analyzing Vocal Pitch of Non-Binary Celebrities

Megan Fu, Rowan Konstanzer, Erin Kwak, and Kimberly Gaona Examining the speech of nonbinary individuals allows a better understanding of how different speech acoustic features such as vocal pitch, quality, and tempo are used to help construct gender identity. By investigating the speech acoustic features of non-binary celebrities, this study investigates whether coming out would […]

cisgender, gender, non-binary, vocal pitch

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Understanding Contrastive Conjunctions as Discourse Markers in Bilingual Discourse

Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics

Baltazar Sanchez III In multilingual settings, speakers use several languages at the same time; this type of discourse is known as code-switching, where speakers may make switches at any point in their conversation between different codes, or languages. Many studies focus on the rules— or constraints, depending on the author’s approach— involved in this type

bilingualism

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Where are you from? I don’t know but did you ask the question in English? ¿o en Español?

Sociolinguistics

Sarah Arjona, Yeeun Heo, Erika Yagi, Minyoung Yoon, Bryan Zhao Have you ever imagined growing up next to the pyramids or the Eiffel tower? Some Third Culture Kids (TCKs) do so without being Egyptian or French, because they live abroad with their parents. Although extensive research has been done on code-switching, not a lot of

Code-Switching, Formal Setting, Informal Setting, Third Culture Kids

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¡Échale ganas, mija!: How Latina Immigrant Mothers Use Word Choice to Assert Their Expectations

Sociolinguistics

Catherine Guzman, Joan Kim, Kiara Mares, Yadira Marquez, Flor Ramirez College enrollment and graduation rate from Latinos has increased during the last decade. Latinas[1] went from being 17% of graduates in 2000 to 30% in 2017. Latina mothers have played an important role in the success of Latinas by either providing motivation or pressuring them.

gender

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What social patterns contribute to lack of maintenance of a heritage language within a multilingual family?

Sociolinguistics

Hebbah Elokour, Rowan Towle, Jason Panelli, Frances Vano, Sana Shrikant This study examines the various factors involved in the maintenance of heritage languages among multilingual immigrant families in the United States. Previous research shows that maintenance of heritage language is a complex and nuanced problem and that most families in the United States fail to

bilingualism

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To: Perceived Female Recipient
Subject: Examining Nonbinary Identities in Email

Sociolinguistics

Cc: Kyna Horten, Phoebe Morales, Lukas Weinbach What if I told you that the way you write your emails is a dead giveaway of your gender identity? What if I told you there is a way to make this less obvious? If you want to learn more about Gendered Language, keep reading! What we know

gender

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Testing the Matrix Language Frame (MLF) Hypothesis with Modern East Asian language-English Bilingual Speakers of Code Switching – Insertion & Alternation

Sociolinguistics

Hyung Joon (Joe) Kim, Mocha Ito, Irene Han, Sena Ji, Luis Flores Our study tests the validity of the Myers-Scotton’s (1993) Matrix Language Frame (MLF) hypothesis in light of modern Japanese-English and Korean-English bilingual speakers’ code-switching data (Myers-Scotton & Jake, 2009). Code-switching (CS) is the umbrella term for the use of more than one code,

alternation, bilingualism, Code-Switching, east asian language study, insertion, matrix language frame

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“Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Forgive Me Because…” I am a Catfish: Analysis of Gender Masking Techniques in The Circle

Sociolinguistics

Karen Landeros, Gianelli Liguidliguid, Anna Kondratyeva, Jose Urrutia, Mariana Martin On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog…or a catfish. Or do they? On the reality TV show The Circle, contestants are not allowed to interact face to face—instead, they must communicate solely through a voice-activated “Circle Chat.” The anonymity of the show’s format

Catfishing, gender, Gender Masking, Gendered Language, Reality TV

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Fanquan language: How Chinese Fandom Culture Sweeps the Nation

Sociolinguistics

Hanlin Meng, Ming Chen, Tianyuan Yan, Weilin Zeng ‘yyds, u1s1, dbq…’ These indecipherable words all come from a prominent and active group of young people in China, namely the fans who are promoting campaigns for their idols online and call themselves Fanquan, the fan circle. As exclusive as their language seems, it has actually gained

fandom culture, fanquan language, language policing

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