Numerous studies conducted in both the psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic fields have established that the parents' socioeconomic status (SES) influences several aspects of children's language production. Moreover, a number of psycholinguistic studies strongly suggest that these differences are due in part to differences in the nature and the quantity of input that children are exposed to. De...

Alternations and changes from trills to assibilated rhotics have been documented in several Latin American Spanish varieties (e.g. Vidal de Battini 1955, Rissel 1989). Beyond the sociolinguistic variables that may have triggered this change, assibilation can be accounted for by recent articulatory studies on trills (Solé et al. 1998, Solé 2002). These studies show that trills require very preci...

Over the past twenty years, we have come to see that errors are not simply flaws in a text. However, the need for correctness remains undiminished if only because of societal and institutional demands. Yet there is little consensus about correctness or even whether language can be described as correct or incorrect in the first place. This essay suggests a way ou I of this bind by looking at cor...

The objective of this particular research and development is to produce the supplementary sociolinguistic materials encourage students’ critical thinking in hybrid class. Based on preliminary study conducted by researcher, it was discovered that most learner lacked motivation understand core book sociolinguistic. Then, lecturer should be creative Because situation, researcher design learning pr...

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In recent work with Warren Maguire and Paul Heggarty, we have been exploring the possibilities for quantitative phonetic comparison of English accents. Currently, the ‘Sound Comparisons’ project (www.soundcomparisons.com) includes over 90 varieties of modern English. In some localities, up to three sub-varieties are also included to illustrate the potential of these techniques of comparison for...

While language competition models of diachronic language shift are increasingly sophisticated, drawing on sociolinguistic components like variable language prestige, distance from language centers and intermediate bilingual transitionary populations, in one significant way they fall short. They fail to consider contact-based outcomes resulting in mixed language practices, e.g. outcome scenarios...