Language Contact

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

Presenting QP 1 results at LSA 2021.

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Lee-Ann Vidal Covas
English/Spanish Contrastive Phonology & Filled Pauses featured image

English/Spanish Contrastive Phonology & Filled Pauses

Guest Lecture for Intro to Sounds class

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Lee-Ann Vidal Covas
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Spanish in Boston Project

Helped answer questions about language maintenance and attitudes.

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Filled Pauses & Language Contact in Boston Spanish

How bilingual experience reshapes the vowel quality of filled pauses (uh/ah vs. eh) in Boston Spanish speakers.

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Covariation & Salience in Linguistic Contact

How the social noticeability of linguistic features shapes language use and adaptation in contact settings.