Race, Gender, and /u/: Social Perceptions of a Non-Stereotype Feature

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Main Author:	De, Zachary
Language:	English
Published:	The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2017
Subjects:	Linguistics
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1489588362846279

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu14895883628462792021-08-03T07:00:57Z Race, Gender, and /u/: Social Perceptions of a Non-Stereotype Feature De, Zachary Linguistics Research on sociolinguistic evaluation has under-examined how listeners judge linguistic variants that evoke a low degree of introspective awareness. The current study seeks to fill this gap by investigating sociolinguistic perceptions of a feature that cannot be classified as a Labovian stereotype: the fronting and backing of the back upgliding vowel /u/. To do this, a matched guise test with 12 talkers, equally and orthogonally divided by race (Black and White) and gender (male and female) was conducted. Recordings were manipulated for /u/ and then played to ninety-four listeners, who rated the recordings along a variety of scales, including how Black, masculine, and trendy each recording sounded. The results showed that evaluations of /u/ were neither fixed nor uniform—while listeners overall rated front /u/ guises as more feminine and White sounding, they also rated front /u/ guises as more trendy sounding in White voices, but not in Black voices. The study concludes by discussing implications for newer models of person perception within sociolinguistics. 2017-05-26 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1489588362846279 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1489588362846279 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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Race, Gender, and /u/: Social Perceptions of a Non-Stereotype Feature

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