Vowel Dynamics of the Elsewhere Shift: A Sociophonetic Analysis of the English in Cowlitz County, Washington

Authors

Joseph A. Stanley, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

Keywords

BAT–BAN vowel shifts, Elsewhere Shift in Washington, trajectory variation analysis (GAMMs)

Abstract

The Elsewhere Shift is in Washington (and has been for a while).

In Cowlitz County, the Elsewhere Shift is a pull chain, beginning with the (near) merger of LOT and THOUGHT, ultimately triggered and aided by:

• major events and their subsequent demographic shifts
• place reorientation from inward to outward

It didn’t (straightforwardly) spread from California or Canada

• possibly independently developed
• possibly from the same source as California and Canada
• its spread northward helped though

Methodologically, GAMMs illuminated variation and change in trajectories in the Elsewhere Shift.

Original Publication Citation

Joseph A. Stanley. “Vowel Dynamics of the Elsewhere Shift: A Sociophonetic Analysis of English in Cowlitz County, Washington.” Dissertation defense. Athens, GA. December 19, 2019.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Stanley, Joseph A., "Vowel Dynamics of the Elsewhere Shift: A Sociophonetic Analysis of the English in Cowlitz County, Washington" (2019). Faculty Publications. 8008.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/8008

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2019

Publisher

Dissertation defense

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics

University Standing at Time of Publication

Assistant Professor

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