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Regional diversity in social perceptions of (ing)
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This article examines the perception of the (ing) variants, [ɪŋ] and [ɪn], in three regionally distinct localities in Britain: London in the South of England; Manchester in the North; and Edinburgh in Scotland. Data was gathered in perceptual tests in which respondents from each location rated stimuli doublets, each containing only one of the variants of (ing), on multiple social attribute scales. In London and Manchester, the perception of [ɪŋ] and [ɪn] broadly matches findings made for the United States in that speakers using [ɪŋ] are considered more articulate and hardworking, and less casual than speakers using [ɪn]. In Edinburgh, results are markedly different. We argue that these differences are due to a combination of factors that include the historical development of (ing) in a particular locale, which led to differences in production, variations in language ideology and, as a result, class-specific evaluations that appear to be regionally dependent.
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“A large body of work has already established the influence of variable (ING) on social evaluation (Campbell-Kibler, 2005;Schleef et al., 2017).”
From Swear(ING) ain't play(ING): The interaction of taboo language and the sociolinguistic variable (2023) · cites this paper as Schleef et al., 2017
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“It has been suggested that the alveolar [ɪn] variant activates social meanings related to lower intelligence, speakers in lower socioeconomic groups, and more casual speech in both the USA (Campbell-Kibler, 2005) and the UK (Schleef et al., 2017).”
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“this had been shown to be true for neutral words (Campbell-Kibler, 2005;Schleef et al., 2017)”
From Swear(ING) ain't play(ING): The interaction of taboo language and the sociolinguistic variable (2023) · cites this paper as Schleef et al., 2017
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“Unlike Schleef et al., variable (ING) had no effect on the scales hard-working or casual.”
From Swear(ING) ain't play(ING): The interaction of taboo language and the sociolinguistic variable (2023) · cites this paper as Schleef et al. (2017)
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“In Schleef et al. (2017), (ING) variation was shown to influence perceptions of scales of articulate, hardworking, posh, rich, working class, casual, and educated for speakers with London accents.”
From Swear(ING) ain't play(ING): The interaction of taboo language and the sociolinguistic variable (2023) · cites this paper as Schleef et al. (2017)
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“This replicates the finding of Schleef et al. (2017) that, in a London accent, variable (ING) can influence how speakers are socially evaluated on social class-and education-related scales.”
From Swear(ING) ain't play(ING): The interaction of taboo language and the sociolinguistic variable (2023) · cites this paper as Schleef et al. (2017)
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- Schleef, E., Flynn, N., & Barras, W.
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- Language Variation and Change
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- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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- 2017-03
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- 29
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- 29-56
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- 0954-3945
- 1469-8021
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