Filled pauses as a site of language contact among Spanish-speaking Bostonians

Lee-Ann Vidal Covas
Lee-Ann Vidal Covas
Rate of use of filled pause as percent life increases
Abstract
This study examines how contact with English shapes phonological filled pause variation among Spanish-speaking Bostonians, finding that speakers with greater English exposure prefer more centralized vowels, a change led by young women.
Date
Jan 6, 2021 — Jan 9, 2021
Event
Linguistics Society of America Annual Meeting – LSA 2021
Location

Online

presentations
Sociolinguistics Phonetics Language Contact Spanish Bilingualism
Lee-Ann Vidal Covas
Authors
Lee-Ann Vidal Covas (she/her)
Language Scientist (PhD, Boston University) with expertise in sociolinguistic research, dataset curation, and applied data science.