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  • 4 - Sociophonetics and Regional Variation

  • Tyler Kendall, University of Oregon, Valerie Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Book:
    Sociophonetics
    Published online:
    26 February 2021
    Print publication:
    11 March 2021, pp 73-95

  • Summary

    Chapter 4 examines how the traditional field of regional dialectology evolved toward and contributed to modern sociophonetic pursuits, considering what advances increasingly sociophonetic approaches have allowed.Looking at how geographic space impacts dialect, the discussion considers how recent work, such as the Atlas of North American English, incorporates sociophonetic measures to better capture and explain the features that comprise and contribute to the spread of regional varieties. The chapter surveys recent research taking a sociophonetic perspective to the study of regional variation.In particular, it hones in on how sociophonetic approaches to the study of vowel variation has reshaped the way regional dialects are measured and defined.Finally, work examining the role of phonetic features in how listeners process and recognize regional dialects is considered in some depth.