Sociophonetics Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory

Jennifer Nycz, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University,Lauren Hall-Lew, Professor and Personal Chair of Sociolinguistics, University of Edinburgh

Jennifer Nycz is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on accent change in mobile speakers of English, the phonetic and phonological impacts of new dialect input on vowel systems, and how place identity influences the way people use language.

Lauren Hall-Lew is Professor and Personal Chair of Sociolinguistics at the University of Edinburgh. She specialized in phonetic variation and change, with particular interest in the analysis of socioindexical meaning and its potential role in language change.

1. Sociophonetics: Opportunities for phonology and phonetics, Jennifer Nycz and Lauren Hall-Lew2. Contrast and representations, Jennifer Nycz3. Extragrammatical factors and the locus of sociophonetic variation, Meredith Tamminga4. Toward an ecologically valid theory of speech perception, Kevin B. McGowan5. The relationship between production and perception, Abby Walker6. Sound change, Lauren Hall-Lew7. Adolescent linguistic practice as teen years acquisition, Teresa Pratt8. Further interdisciplinary opportunities: Intraspeaker variation, Lauren Hall-Lew and Jennifer Nycz