Eric Louis Russell
List of John Benjamins publications for which Eric Louis Russell plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 0920-9034 | E-ISSN 1569-9870
2020 New communications, new enquiries… new linguistics? Sexuality and the discursive construction of the digital self in the Global South, Haynes, Nell and Baird Campbell (eds.), pp. 93–95 | Commentary
2017 Style shifting and the phonetic performance of gay vs. straight: A case study from French Journal of Language and Sexuality 6:1, pp. 128–176 | Article
This article examines the phonetic characteristics of speech performed in straight and gay styles by French males. Analysis considers features shown in other languages or in antecedent literature to be associated with perceptions of sexual identity: segmental quality (vowels, /s/, liquids),… read more
2015 Competences in contact: Phonology and lexifier targeted change Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 30:1, pp. 116–141 | Article
This article examines phonological changes brought about by creole-lexifier contact, with secondary focus on the distinction of these changes from those occurring in creole formation. It is argued that lexifier-targeted change involves declarative competence: knowledge of what is and isn’t part of… read more
2015 Sounding gay and sounding straight: The performance of male sexual identity in Italian Journal of Language and Sexuality 4:1, pp. 30–76 | Article
This paper presents a performance-based approach to the study of the phonetic encoding of sexual identity in Italian. Six male speakers were recruited after being controlled for familiarity, interaction, and comfort with members of both hetero- and homosexual communities. They were recorded reading… read more
2010 Creole phonological restructuring: The role of perception in contact-induced change Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 25:2, pp. 263–288 | Article
This article examines the influence of perception on creole phonological restructuring, drawing comparisons to loanword adaptation and second language learning and outlining a formal framework within which change can be described and explained. The three scenarios of contact-induced modification… read more
2009 Rhotic Metathesis Asymmetries in Romance: Formalizing the Effects of Articulation and Perception on Sound Change Romance Linguistics 2007: Selected papers from the 37th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Pittsburgh, 15–18 March 2007, Masullo, Pascual José, Erin O'Rourke and Chia-Hui Huang (eds.), pp. 321–337 | Article
Blevins & Garrett (1998, 2004) argue that rhotic metathesis occurs when listeners reinterpret an elongated [low F3] feature in a non-historical position. However, not all cases are amenable to this account, as no single phonetic property unifies the class of rhotics. We examine two cases involving… read more
2008 Formalizing creole sound change: An Optimality Theoretic account Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 23:2, pp. 227–263 | Article
This article examines sound change in French Lexifier Creoles and the neutralization of contrast involving the feature [round]; secondary concerns include the nature of diachronically related inputs, base richness and decreolization. Phonological restructuring is described in an Optimality… read more
2007 5. Effort reduction and the grammar: Liquid phonology in Haitian and St. Lucian Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Contact Languages, Huber, Magnus and Viveka Velupillai (eds.), pp. 91–114 | Article