In:The Sounds of New Orleans: A sociophonetic study
Dana Serditova
[Varieties of English Around the World G74] 2026
► pp. v–viii
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1.Introduction
1.1Research aims
1.2Structure of the book
Chapter 2.Introducing /nuːˈɔːrlənz/: Historical
and socioeconomic context
and socioeconomic context
2.1Foundations and transformations: New Orleans’ early history
2.2Path to Americana: Change and identity in New Orleans
2.3New Orleans from Civil War to reconstruction
2.4Urban expansion and innovation: New Orleans in the early 20th
century
2.5Navigating crisis and change: New Orleans from the 1930s
to the 1980s
to the 1980s
2.6New Orleans today: The post-Katrina era
2.7Creoles in New Orleans
2.8New Orleans’ neighborhoods
Chapter 3.Linguistic heritage
3.1Phonology
3.2Morphosyntax
3.3Lexical items
Chapter 4.Theoretical background
4.1Variationist sociolinguistics
4.2Linguistic awareness and ethnographic inquiry
Chapter 5.Methodology
5.1Sociolinguistic interviews
5.2Data processing
Chapter 6./l/-vocalization in New Orleans English
6.1Where did the /l/ go? A global look at /l/-vocalization
6.2Methodology
6.3Results
6.3.1What comes before: The role of preceding sounds
6.3.2What comes after: The role of following sounds
6.3.3Who says what: The role of social factors
6.3.3.1Gender and education
6.3.3.2Ethnicity
6.3.3.3Age
Chapter 7.The PIN~PEN Merger in New Orleans English
7.1The merger in context
7.2Methodology
7.3Results
7.3.1Quantifying the merger
7.3.2Urban vs. suburban speech
7.3.3What predicts the merger?
7.3.3.1Age
7.3.3.2Ethnicity
7.3.3.3Ethnicity and education
7.3.3.4Gender
7.3.3.5Gender and age
7.3.3.6Phonological environment
7.3.3.7Manner of articulation
7.3.3.8Place of articulation
7.3.3.9Voicing
Chapter 8./aɪ/-monophthongization in New Orleans English
8.1Diphthongs in disguise: Introducing /aɪ/-monophthongization
8.2Methodology
8.3Results
8.3.1Predicted probabilities: What’s likely to affect /aɪ/
8.3.1.1Gender
8.3.1.2Age
8.3.1.3Manner of articulation
8.3.1.4Place of articulation
8.3.1.5Voicing
8.3.1.6Context
8.3.1.7Duration
8.3.2Urban vs. suburban speech
8.3.3From Ida to Jambalaya: A lexical analysis
8.3.4Individual variation in /aɪ/
Chapter 9.The sounds of New Orleans in perspective
9.1/l/-vocalization results
9.2PIN~PEN merger results
9.3/aɪ/-monophthongization results
9.4New Orleans vs. Chalmette: The urban-suburban dynamic in the
area
9.5New Orleans English within the US South’s linguistic
landscape
9.6Outlook
9.6.1The intermediate position of Creoles in the city
9.6.2Under-researched populations in the city
and neighborhood division
and neighborhood division
9.6.3Bias in ASR and the importance of sociolinguistic research
in developing technologies
in developing technologies
Chapter 10.Conclusion
References
Appendix A.Interview questions
Appendix B.Participant information
