A collection of readings aimed at sociolinguists interested in analyzing language change (especially sound change) and language variation. By David Durian, Ph D
November 2, 2010 Leave a comment
Another one where the title pretty much says it all already…
Donegan, Patricia. 1993. On the phonetic basis of phonological change. In Charles Jones (Ed.), Historical linguistics: Problems and perspectives. London: Longman. pp. 98-130. http://www.ling.osu.edu/~ddurian/AWAC/donegan 1993.pdf
I am a sociolinguist with a Ph D in Linguistics from The Ohio State University and an MA in Rhetoric and Professional Writing from Northern Illinois University. Currently, I work as the Lecturer at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, where I teach undergraduate courses in sociolinguistics, general linguistics, and first-year composition.
I also work on research projects investigating variation and change in the vowel system of modern US English as it is spoken by Americans living in a variety of cities. At the moment, this includes Chicago, IL, Columbus, OH, and Eastern Pennsylvania.
