https://leeannvc.com/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/tags/bilingualism/https://leeannvc.com/publications/2022_erker_vidal-covas_english/Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://leeannvc.com/publications/2022_erker_vidal-covas_english/https://leeannvc.com/presentations/2021_lsa/Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://leeannvc.com/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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arrival, language use with interlocutors, and phonetic context</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Variable</strong></td> <td>Vowel quality in filled pauses — fronted [e] (<em>eh</em>) vs. centralized [a]/[ə] (<em>ah</em>, <em>uh</em>)</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Key findings</strong></p> <ul> <li>Speakers with <strong>greater English exposure</strong> (earlier arrival, more bilingual networks) favor <strong>centralized pauses</strong> (<strong>[a]</strong>, <strong>[ə]</strong>), while Spanish-dominant speakers prefer [e].</li> <li>Phonetic context plays little role — the pattern is <strong>socially, not structurally, driven</strong>.</li> <li>The shift is conservative: bilinguals <strong>reorder</strong> pause-filling norms rather than adopting English-like forms wholesale.</li> </ul>