The sociolinguistics of sounding happy: A stableĀ vocalic variable in Manchester English ā ERRATUM
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954394526100714?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: July 22, 2026 00:00
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<p>Founded by William Labov, <em>Language Variation and Change</em> is the premier journal dedicated exclusively to the study of linguistic variation, dealing with systematic and inherent variation in synchronic and diachronic linguistics. Sociolinguistics involves analysing the interaction of language, culture and society; the more specific study of variation is concerned with the impact of this interaction on the structures and processes of traditional linguistics. <em>Language Variation and Change</em> concentrates on the details of linguistic structure in actual speech production and processing (or writing), including contemporary or historical sources.</p>
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Understanding voice quality variation by attending to multiple phonetic dimensions: The rise of creaky voice in California
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954394526100684?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: July 6, 2026 00:00
While many phonological variables can be captured by single acoustic correlates, others must be described along several dimensions. This paper examines multiple properties of creaky voice to facilitate an understanding of phonatory variation. We evaluateā¦
The sociolinguistics of sounding happy: A stableĀ vocalic variable in Manchester English
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954394526100702?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: June 23, 2026 00:00
This paper investigates variation in the realization of the happy vowel in Manchester, England, that is, the final vowel in happy, baby, etc., which is often described as extremely lax. It is based on the acoustic analysis of 109 speakers, stratified forā¦
Evidence of second-stage new-dialect formation in South Florida preadolescents
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954394526100696?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: June 4, 2026 00:00
The process of new-dialect formation occurs when speakers of mutually intelligible varieties come into contact and create a new dialect. In this paper, I show that the process of new-dialect formation is underway in South Florida, even though the dialectsā¦
Age, gender, and locality effects on innovation in the Twi vowel harmony system
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954394526100672?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: April 29, 2026 00:00
In this study, we explored the social predictors of an ongoing sound change in the Twi Advanced Tongue Root harmony system by acoustically examining production variation in a sample of 105 speakers representing urban and traditional localities in Ghana. Inā¦
UnpredictableĀ grammatical choices are not harder than predictableĀ ones
https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954394526100660?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
Published: March 23, 2026 00:00
Recent variationist research indicates that grammatical intra-speaker variation (or: optionality) is unproblematic in speech production. Optionality contexts do not coincide with dysfluencies. In this study, we ask a theoretically significant follow-upā¦