In:The Sociophonetics of Dublin English: Phonetic realisation and sociopragmatic variation
Marion Schulte
[Studies in Language Variation 30] 2023
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Published online: 1 September 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.30.toc
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Table of contents
List of tables
vii
List of figures
ix
Abbreviations
xii
Chapter 1.Introduction
1
Chapter 2.Sociolinguistics of Dublin English
9
2.1The Republic of Ireland since independence
9
2.2Dublin
13
2.3Previous sociolinguistic studies
16
2.4Standard language use and radio data in Irish English
19
2.5Sociophonetics of Dublin English
23
2.5.1Previous studies
23
2.5.2/ai/ in Dublin English
27
2.5.3Word-final /t/ in Dublin English
28
2.5.4Summary and open questions
32
Chapter 3.Pragmatics of Irish English
35
3.1Previous research
35
3.2Indirectness, agreement and collectivism
36
3.3Pragmatic markers in Irish English
38
3.3.1Pragmatic marker like
41
3.3.2Pragmatic marker kind of
43
3.4Summary
43
Chapter 4.Sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and phonetic variation
45
4.1Connecting micro and macro levels: Sociolinguistic and pragmatic
perspectives
45
4.2Connections between sociopragmatics and phonetics
48
Chapter 5.Data and methodology
52
5.1Sociolinguistic interviews
52
5.2Auditory analysis
56
5.3Acoustic phonetic analysis
59
Chapter 6.Vowel variation: /ai/ in Dublin English
69
6.1Pragmatic analysis of like
70
6.2Phonetic analysis of like
82
6.2.1Summary
93
6.3Like in the context of the Dublin vowel
shift
97
6.4Localization of a global pattern
103
6.5Summary
107
Chapter 7.Consonantal variation: Word-final /t/ in Dublin English
110
7.1Diachronic analysis: Word-final /t/ in 20th and 21st century Irish
English
111
7.1.1Results
111
7.1.2Phonetic variants and socio-political developments in
Ireland
115
7.1.3Pragmatic aspects of phonetic variation
118
7.1.4Summary
120
7.2Word-final /t/ in present-day Dublin English
121
7.2.1Social correlates of phonetic variation
121
7.2.2Summary
126
7.2.3Pragmatic correlates of sociophonetic variation
130
7.3Summary
141
Chapter 8.Discussion and conclusion
143
8.1Connections between phonetics, sociolinguistics, and
pragmatics
143
8.2The diachronic development of sociolinguistic patterns
146
8.3The indexical field and the polysemy of stances and social
meanings
148
8.4Local meanings and global ideologies
151
Appendix.Auditory Analysis of RTÉ Archives: File Name (Year)
155
References
157
Index
171
