Lacey Wade
@laceywade.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. of Linguistics @ the University of Kansas.
Reposted by Lacey Wade
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
February 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
Ooh, thanks for catching this. Copy-paste fail. Link here doi.org/10.5070/G601...
Dialect experience modulates cue reliance in sociolinguistic convergence
Author(s): Wade, Lacey R; Embick, David; Tamminga, Meredith | Abstract: Expectation-driven convergence occurs when speakers shift their speech to approximate the language they expect rather than obser...
doi.org
November 6, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Ooh, thanks for catching this. Copy-paste fail. Link here doi.org/10.5070/G601...
Cool bonus finding that lower frequency items show more convergence (even though ppl aren’t actually hearing the words—or even vowel—they are imitating). Implications for the mechanism behind frequency effects in convergence more generally?
November 6, 2023 at 7:23 PM
Cool bonus finding that lower frequency items show more convergence (even though ppl aren’t actually hearing the words—or even vowel—they are imitating). Implications for the mechanism behind frequency effects in convergence more generally?
Non-Southerners converge toward monophthongal /ay/ if they are simply *told* they are listening to a southerner (even if they aren’t!)
November 6, 2023 at 7:23 PM
Non-Southerners converge toward monophthongal /ay/ if they are simply *told* they are listening to a southerner (even if they aren’t!)
Southerners converge toward monophthongal /ay/ (a feature of Southern US speech) when they hear *other* southern-accented features, even if they think the speaker is from somewhere else—like Ohio!
November 6, 2023 at 7:22 PM
Southerners converge toward monophthongal /ay/ (a feature of Southern US speech) when they hear *other* southern-accented features, even if they think the speaker is from somewhere else—like Ohio!