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Publication details [#64917]

Nycz, Jennifer. 2018. Stylistic variation among mobile speakers: Using old and new regional variables to construct complex place identity. Language Variation and Change 30 (2) : 175–202.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language change | language variation | place deixis | stylistics | variability

Language as a subject

English, American | English, Canadian

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This article explores stylistic variation in the (oh), (o), (aw), and (ay) classes amid native speakers of Canadian English residing in or just outside either New York City or Washington, DC. Speakers display proof of shift toward US norms for all four vowel.