Erik R. Thomas

List of John Benjamins publications for which Erik R. Thomas plays a role.

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Thomas, Erik R. 2006 3. Evidence from Ohio on the evolution of /ae/ Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look at ‘Heartland’ English, Murray, Thomas E. and Beth Lee Simon (eds.), pp. 69–89 | Chapter

Thomas, Erik R. and Phillip M. Carter 2006 Prosodic rhythm and African American English English World-Wide 27:3, pp. 331–355 | Article

Prosodic rhythm was measured for a sample of 20 African American and 20 European American speakers from North Carolina using the metric devised by Low, Grabe and Nolan (2000), which involves comparisons of the durations of vowels in adjacent syllables. In order to gain historical perspective, the… read more

Thomas, Erik R. and Guy Bailey 1998 Parallels between vowel subsystems of African American Vernacular English and Caribbean Anglophone Creoles Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 13:2, pp. 267–296 | Article

Thomas, Erik R. 1996 A comparison of variation patterns of variables among sixth graders in an Ohio community Focus on the USA, Schneider, Edgar W. (ed.), pp. 149–168 | Article