Lal Zimman
List of John Benjamins publications for which Lal Zimman plays a role.
Articles
2025 “That 3-word-ultimatum”: The relationship escalator and normative romance in metalinguistic commentary about I love you Journal of Language and Sexuality 14:1, pp. 1–31 | Article
I love you is among the most meaningful utterances in English speakers’ organization of intimacy, yet remains understudied by scholars of language. This article investigates metapragmatic discourse about the first exchange of I love you between romantic partners using data from the social… read more
2013 Hegemonic masculinity and the variability of gay-sounding speech: The perceived sexuality of transgender men Journal of Language and Sexuality 2:1, pp. 1–39 | Article
Sociophonetic inquiry into sexuality and the voice has often focused on the perception of men’s sexuality on the basis of disembodied voices. However, inconsistencies across these studies limit our ability to unite their findings into a cohesive model of gay-sounding speech. This paper focuses on… read more