https://leeannvc.com/en/tags/bilingualism/BilingualismHugoBlox Kit (https://hugoblox.com)en-usTue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://leeannvc.com/media/logo_hu_408c0977b7e48a52.pnghttps://leeannvc.com/en/tags/bilingualism/https://leeannvc.com/en/publications/2022_erker_vidal-covas_english/Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://leeannvc.com/en/publications/2022_erker_vidal-covas_english/https://leeannvc.com/en/presentations/2021_lsa/Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://leeannvc.com/en/presentations/2021_lsa/<!-- ## Talk Details Add any additional context, extended abstract, or notes about the talk. 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These <strong>filled pauses</strong> keep the conversational floor and help listeners follow along—yet they vary across languages. English speakers tend to say <em>uh/um</em>, while Spanish speakers more often use <em>eh/em</em>. This project investigates how bilingual Spanish speakers in Boston use these tiny hesitation sounds, revealing how everyday speech encodes patterns of <strong>language contact and sound change</strong>.</p> <p><strong>At a glance</strong></p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Design</strong></td> <td>Sociolinguistic interviews from the Spanish in Boston Corpus</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Speakers</strong></td> <td>Spanish-speaking Bostonians (N=80, ≈6,364 tokens, 13 national origins)</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Methods</strong></td> <td>Acoustic analysis in Praat <br> Mixed-effects modeling in R</td> <td> <div class="text-left"> <a id="button-2745263d036ac47c1d71ce5d3501bab4" href="#" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 font-medium no-underline transition-all duration-300 ease-out transform-gpu focus:outline-none focus:ring-4 focus:ring-offset-2 focus:ring-offset-white dark:focus:ring-offset-zinc-900 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</span> <span>Praat</span> </a> </div> <div class="text-left"> <a id="button-da75eff5342c1f0cc1e6da36a6d370b0" href="#" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 font-medium no-underline transition-all duration-300 ease-out transform-gpu focus:outline-none focus:ring-4 focus:ring-offset-2 focus:ring-offset-white dark:focus:ring-offset-zinc-900 disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:pointer-events-none bg-white dark:bg-zinc-900 border-2 border-primary-500 text-primary-600 dark:text-primary-400 hover:bg-primary-50 dark:hover:bg-primary-950/50 hover:border-primary-600 active:bg-primary-100 dark:active:bg-primary-950 shadow-md hover:shadow-lg hover:scale-105 active:scale-95 focus:ring-primary-500/50 px-3 py-1.5 text-sm rounded-lg" role="button" aria-label="RStudio" > <span class="flex-shrink-0"> <svg class="w-4 h-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 128 128"><path fill="#75aadb" d="M71.4 38.8c-1.5-.6-3.9-1-6.9-1.1c-4.2-.1-9 .4-9.2.5v20c13.3.6 15.5-1.7 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<strong>reorder</strong> pause-filling norms rather than adopting English-like forms wholesale.</li> </ul>