Sociophonetics
implications for phonological and phonetic theory
$141.23
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2026
Summary
The Sound of Society: Exploring Sociophonetics
This book provides a critical overview of sociophonetic research and considers how the findings of this field illuminate and problematize a range of central issues in phonetics and phonology. The core argument of the volume is that research carried out under the aegis of sociophonetics is uniquely positioned to address core questions in phonetic and phonological theory; to raise new questions for research; to improve theories of how the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198813804 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198813805 |
| Series: | Oxford Surveys in Phonology and Phonetics |
| Author: | Jennifer Nycz, Lauren Hall-Lew |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 171mm |
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About The Author
Jennifer Nycz
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.
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