Kirk Hazen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Kirk Hazen is involved.
2021 The role of linguistic structure in the perceptions of vernacular speech: Evidence from L1 English and English as a foreign language English World-Wide 42:3, pp. 273–298 | Article
This study explores the role of linguistic structure in speakers’ perceptions of vernacular English, i.e. speech used in informal interactions. In so doing, it tests the assumptions of the Interface Principle (Labov 1993) and its major claim that semantic and discourse-pragmatic features will… read more
2011 The fall of demonstrative them: Evidence from Appalachia English World-Wide 32:1, pp. 74–103 | Article
The varieties of English in the United States’ Appalachian region have undergone changes throughout the 20th century. This paper examines a change to one of the more stereotyped of vernacular dialect features, the use of them in a demonstrative determiner construction: them apples are the best.… read more
2006 6. The final days of Appalachian Heritage Language Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look at ‘Heartland’ English, Murray, Thomas E. and Beth Lee Simon (eds.), pp. 129–150 | Chapter
2005 Mergers in the mountains: West Virginia division and unification English World-Wide 26:2, pp. 199–221 | Article
This paper examines the status of two vowel mergers in a rural area of the United States. The front-lax merger has traditionally been a southern US merger, and the low-back merger has traditionally been a northern or western US merger. In areas of West Virginia, the same speakers demonstrate both.… read more