“My Vocal Cords are Made of Tweed”: Style-Shifting as Speaker Design

Intraspeaker variation is evaluated in terms of speaker design in a number of studies (Coupland 1985, Schilling-Estes 1998, Podesva 2008). This study explores possible motives for variation from a speaker design perspective through the analysis of three phonetic variables with differing social statu...

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Main Authors: Melissa Geere, Joy Everett, Alasdair MacLeod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2015-03-01
Series:Lifespans and Styles
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Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lifespansstyles/article/view/1179