One of the most cited features of the supposed migrant “ethnolect” in Australian English is the pronunciation of word-final -er. This article presents data from sociolinguistic interviews that support the view that there is a pronunciation difference between Anglo and non-Anglo speakers in Sydney, and that this difference is most pronounced in Greek and, to a lesser extent, Lebanese speakers. The variant the Greek and Lebanese speakers tend to use more than the Anglo speakers is backed and lengthened, and commonly used in words with final High Rising Tone (HRT). There is some evidence that Greeks are leading a change to a more backed variant. I show that length, backing, and HRT make up a style of speaking that I call “new (er)”. This style is indexical of being Greek for some, but more basically creates a stance of authoritative connection. These findings are significant for understanding the spread of new linguistic features, and how the meanings of some linguistic variables contribute to linguistic change.
2014. Language, Discourse, and New Media: A Linguistic Anthropological Perspective. Language and Linguistics Compass 8:7 ► pp. 285 ff.
Alimoradian, Kiya
2014. ‘Makes Me Feel More Aussie’: Ethnic Identity and VocativeMatein Australia. Australian Journal of Linguistics 34:4 ► pp. 599 ff.
Barnes, Sonia
2018. Copula variation in Asturian Spanish and the multidimensionality of stancetaking in interaction. Journal of Sociolinguistics 22:1 ► pp. 29 ff.
Bucholtz, Mary & Kira Hall
2008. All of the above: New coalitions in sociocultural linguistics1. Journal of Sociolinguistics 12:4 ► pp. 401 ff.
Choi, Jinsook
2021. ‘I am sorry, but I have to speak Korean’: stancetaking through apology in public speech at an ‘English only’ Korean university. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development► pp. 1 ff.
Cook, Haruko Minegishi
2011. Language Socialization and Stance‐Taking Practices. In The Handbook of Language Socialization, ► pp. 296 ff.
2023. Fifty years of change to prevocalic definite article allomorphy in Australian English. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 53:3 ► pp. 804 ff.
Dailey-O’Cain, Jennifer & Grit Liebscher
2009. Dialect Use and Discursive Identities of Migrants from the West in Eastern Germany. In Language, Discourse and Identity in Central Europe, ► pp. 185 ff.
de Jesus, Felipe Leandro, Sarah Rose Bellavance & Jennifer Nycz
2024. Claims and contests: On the epistemic negotiation of place identity. Language & Communication 95 ► pp. 42 ff.
Docherty, Gerard, Paul Foulkes, Simon Gonzalez & Nathaniel Mitchell
2018. Missed Connections at the Junction of Sociolinguistics and Speech Processing. Topics in Cognitive Science 10:4 ► pp. 759 ff.
Eberhardt, Maeve & Corinne Downs
2015. “(r) You Saying Yes to the Dress?”. Journal of English Linguistics 43:2 ► pp. 118 ff.
Eckert, Penelope
2012. Three Waves of Variation Study: The Emergence of Meaning in the Study of Sociolinguistic Variation. Annual Review of Anthropology 41:1 ► pp. 87 ff.
Eckert, Penelope
2014. Sociolinguistics. In The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology, ► pp. 644 ff.
Eckert, Penelope & William Labov
2017. Phonetics, phonology and social meaning. Journal of Sociolinguistics 21:4 ► pp. 467 ff.
Enríquez Duque, Paola
2023. (Mis)pronunciations of Hispanic Given Names in the U.S.: Positionalities and Discursive Strategies at Play. Languages 8:3 ► pp. 199 ff.
Gnevsheva, Ksenia
2020. The role of style in the ethnolect: Style-shifting in the use of ethnolectal features in first- and second-generation speakers. International Journal of Bilingualism 24:4 ► pp. 861 ff.
Grama, James, Catherine E. Travis & Simon Gonzalez
2020. Ethnolectal and community change ov(er) time: Word-final (er) in Australian English. Australian Journal of Linguistics 40:3 ► pp. 346 ff.
Grama, James, Catherine E. Travis & Simon Gonzalez
2011. The ‘Australian interview tune’ in Australian English interviews: Some HRT myths debunked?. Discourse and Interaction 4:2 ► pp. 5 ff.
Henriksen, Nicholas
2013. Style, prosodic variation, and the social meaning of intonation. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 43:2 ► pp. 153 ff.
Hoffman, Michol F. & James A. Walker
2010. Ethnolects and the city: Ethnic orientation and linguistic variation in Toronto English. Language Variation and Change 22:1 ► pp. 37 ff.
Johnstone, Barbara & Scott F. Kiesling
2008. Indexicality and experience: Exploring the meanings of /aw/‐monophthongization in Pittsburgh1. Journal of Sociolinguistics 12:1 ► pp. 5 ff.
Kendall, Tyler, Nicolai Pharao, Jane Stuart-Smith & Charlotte Vaughn
2023. Advancements of phonetics in the 21st century: Theoretical issues in sociophonetics. Journal of Phonetics 98 ► pp. 101226 ff.
Kiesling, Scott F.
2019. English in Australia and New Zealand. In The Handbook of World Englishes, ► pp. 70 ff.
Kockelman, Paul, Jack Sidnell & N. J. Enfield
2014. Interdisciplinary perspectives. In The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology, ► pp. 599 ff.
Lawson, Robert
2011. Patterns of linguistic variation among Glaswegian adolescent males1. Journal of Sociolinguistics 15:2 ► pp. 226 ff.
Marcellino, William M
2014. Talk like a Marine: USMC linguistic acculturation and civil–military argument. Discourse Studies 16:3 ► pp. 385 ff.
Pappas, Panayiotis A.
2008. Stereotypes, variation and change: Understanding the change of
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