Katie Carmichael
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 213655 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Katie Carmichael |
| NOMBRES | Katie |
| APELLIDO | Carmichael |
| FIRMA | CARMICHAEL K |
| AFILIACIONES | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4978-7898 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 54 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Making a Merger
The merger of lot and thought , sometimes called the low-back merger, is a feature rapidly spreading across North America, even in locales historically resistant to the merger. New Orleans English has historically retained the lot/thought distinction due to raised thought , a feature more common to the mid-Atlantic region than the American South. In this study, we examine the relationship between lot and thought in a sample of fifty-seven speaker…
Meet Me on Tomorrow by Your Mama’s House
Language and Place
Place has been central to sociolinguistic research from the beginning. How speakers conceptualize and orient to place can influence linguistic productions. Additionally, places can and do have myriad meanings - some strongly contested. Further, place is not static, as people move and the ideologies regarding certain places evolve over time. This Element probes these themes. It begins by reviewing the existing work on language and place within soc…
Yats No More
When Palms Are in Your THOUGHTs, You Head South
In New Orleans, there is a White, working-class dialect of English, sometimes called Yat, that has several notable similarities with that of New York City. These similarities have been argued to be the result of nineteenth-century dialect contact between residents of the two cities. Examining the distribution of low-back vowels in the vowel systems of 57 speakers of the New Orleans Yat dialect, the authors argue that patterning of the palm vowel …
Plus ça Change. . . Perceptions of New Orleans English Before and After the Storm
In this paper, we present a focused perceptual dialectology study of variation in a single metropolitan area: New Orleans, Louisiana, long overlooked by linguists. We asked participants to complete a map-drawing activity using two maps, one of the city and its nearest suburbs, and one of the larger cultural zone. We also added the dimension of time by additionally asking participants to complete a map showing changes that have occurred since Hurr…
Lessons learned
The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially altered the fabric of life around the globe, raising crucial questions about the nature of language usage in person and online. But as researchers embark on new studies (or continuations of pre-COVID research), just as essential are considerations of what our responsibilities as researchers are to our participants now. In this article, we share our reflections upon the experience of conducting research in t…
A variationist analysis of first-person-singular subject expression in Louisiana French
In this study, we investigate first-person-singular subject expression in Louisiana French. This variety is undergoing language death and features extreme variation, with twelve first-person-singular subject forms identified within our corpus. We demonstrate that variationist methods are robust for examining such variation in obsolescing languages, and we provide a model for undertaking such analyses. Examining different aspects of our data, we f…
“Lots of prayer, lots of emotional coaching, and pray it works out the best”
Rural Americans face barriers in access to services such as psychoeducation programs. The purpose of this study was to describe how participants in a rural Appalachian community, a geographic location that has been largely underrepresented in the literature, responded to a psychoeducation program about parents’ facilitation of children’s emotional competence. The Tuning in to Kids (TiK) parent education program focuses on improving parents’ aware…
Toward integrating research on parent–child emotion talk and linguistic theory
Parent–child discussions about emotion are a key socialization influence on children’s socio‐emotional development. Extant research on parent–child discussions about emotion largely focuses on three main types of discourse content: parental elaboration, parental use of emotion labels and explanations, and parental emotion coaching. A new direction involves distinguishing between parents’ direct and indirect communication of discourse content. Thi…
(Æ)fter the Storm
This study examines the short-a system in Greater New Orleans (GNO) following the demographic changes and large-scale displacement that occurred after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. I provide a linguistic description of the short-a systems of 57 residents of the GNO suburb of Chalmette, half of whom relocated after the storm, and half of whom returned to their pre-Katrina homes. While many speakers demonstrate robust split systems, analysis demonstra…
On the role of the present indicative in variable future-time reference in Hexagonal French
This article investigates variable future-time expression among native speakers of Hexagonal French who participated in informal conversations. The quantitative analysis is the first to examine the inflectional future, periphrastic future, and present indicative as separate forms within a single statistical model of French oral production. Results indicate that temporal distance and presence/absence of a temporal expression predict use of these v…
Linguistic indirectness in parent–preschooler reminiscing about emotion‐related events
The concept of linguistic indirectness is well established within the field of pragmatics, in which it has been observed that speakers express ideas directly and indirectly . We integrated the analysis of linguistic directness and indirectness with the examination of two established measures of parental emotion socialization through reminiscing: elaboration and emotion explanations. We examined the unique associations of parents’ direct and indir…
The New York City–New Orleans connection
New York City English (NYCE) and New Orleans English (NOE) demonstrate remarkable similarity for cities located 1300 miles apart. Though the question of whether these dialects feature a shared history has fueled papers on the subject (Berger, 1980; Labov, 2007), there remain a number of issues with the historical record that prevent researchers from arriving at a consensus (Eble, 2016). This article presents linguistic evidence from constraint ra…
Since when does the Midwest have an accent?”
Folk ideologies about regional variation often depend on the consideration of certain varieties in contrast with the idea of a linguistically unmarked, standard way of speaking ( Preston 1996 ; Lippi-Green 2012 ). This study analyzes the relationship between those abstract ideologies and in-the-moment reactions to linguistic input. Examining this question with respect to American English, a listening task manipulated where speakers were said to b…
Displacement and local linguistic practices
Variable r-lessness in New Orleans English is a salient linguistic feature tied to local place-based identity. In this study, I examine rates of r-lessness in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which caused large-scale displacement in the region. Participants come from the linguistically conservative suburb of Chalmette, where r-lessness is more robust than in New Orleans proper. Participants' connections to Chalmette were measured in two ways: (1) p…
Ain't Dere No More
As "local," "authentic," "working class," "white," "urban," and "salt of the earth" characters, Vic and Nat'ly, the protagonists of Bunny Matthews's classic comic strip, embody all of the stereotypes of a New Orleans-based "Yat" identity. In this paper, we examine written representations of Yat English in Vic & Nat'ly strips, analyzing these results in comparison with current linguistic data from actual New Orleans English speakers and contextual…
Butqui c'est la différence? Discourse markers in Louisiana French
This article examines the use of English discourse markers in Louisiana French, focusing in particular on Englishbutand its French counterpartmais. Based on data collected in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, we examine the speech of bilinguals to determine the status of these markers, which provide a window onto the role of discourse markers in situations of language contact. Though the markers show an overlapping semantic and functional distri…
The Ohiospeaks Project
Review Article| May 01 2013 The Ohiospeaks Project: Engaging Undergraduates in Sociolinguistic Research Shontael Wanjema; Shontael Wanjema Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Katie Carmichael; Katie Carmichael Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Abby Walker; Abby Walker Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kathryn Campbell-Kibler Kathryn Campbell-Kibler Search for other works by …
The Performance of Cajun English in Boudreaux and Thibodeaux Jokes
In South Louisiana, there is a genre of jokes featuring the bumbling Cajun characters Boudreaux and Thibodeaux. These jokes are often told with an exaggerated Cajun English accent, an ideal opportunity to examine and better understand local perceptions of Cajun English linguistic features. Th-stopping, nonaspiration of [p, t, k], and vowel quality were analyzed in recordings of six Lafourche Parish, Louisiana speakers conversing casually as well …
Displacement and local linguistic practices
Variable r-lessness in New Orleans English is a salient linguistic feature tied to local place-based identity. In this study, I examine rates of r-lessness in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which caused large-scale displacement in the region. Participants come from the linguistically conservative suburb of Chalmette, where r-lessness is more robust than in New Orleans proper. Participants' connections to Chalmette were measured in two ways: (1) p…
The Performance of Cajun English in Boudreaux and Thibodeaux Jokes
In South Louisiana, there is a genre of jokes featuring the bumbling Cajun characters Boudreaux and Thibodeaux. These jokes are often told with an exaggerated Cajun English accent, an ideal opportunity to examine and better understand local perceptions of Cajun English linguistic features. Th-stopping, nonaspiration of [p, t, k], and vowel quality were analyzed in recordings of six Lafourche Parish, Louisiana speakers conversing casually as well …
Ain't Dere No More
As "local," "authentic," "working class," "white," "urban," and "salt of the earth" characters, Vic and Nat'ly, the protagonists of Bunny Matthews's classic comic strip, embody all of the stereotypes of a New Orleans-based "Yat" identity. In this paper, we examine written representations of Yat English in Vic & Nat'ly strips, analyzing these results in comparison with current linguistic data from actual New Orleans English speakers and contextual…
(Æ)fter the Storm
This study examines the short-a system in Greater New Orleans (GNO) following the demographic changes and large-scale displacement that occurred after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. I provide a linguistic description of the short-a systems of 57 residents of the GNO suburb of Chalmette, half of whom relocated after the storm, and half of whom returned to their pre-Katrina homes. While many speakers demonstrate robust split systems, analysis demonstra…
The New York City–New Orleans connection
New York City English (NYCE) and New Orleans English (NOE) demonstrate remarkable similarity for cities located 1300 miles apart. Though the question of whether these dialects feature a shared history has fueled papers on the subject (Berger, 1980; Labov, 2007), there remain a number of issues with the historical record that prevent researchers from arriving at a consensus (Eble, 2016). This article presents linguistic evidence from constraint ra…
Butqui c'est la différence? Discourse markers in Louisiana French
This article examines the use of English discourse markers in Louisiana French, focusing in particular on Englishbutand its French counterpartmais. Based on data collected in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, we examine the speech of bilinguals to determine the status of these markers, which provide a window onto the role of discourse markers in situations of language contact. Though the markers show an overlapping semantic and functional distri…
The Ohiospeaks Project
Review Article| May 01 2013 The Ohiospeaks Project: Engaging Undergraduates in Sociolinguistic Research Shontael Wanjema; Shontael Wanjema Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Katie Carmichael; Katie Carmichael Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Abby Walker; Abby Walker Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kathryn Campbell-Kibler Kathryn Campbell-Kibler Search for other works by …
Toward integrating research on parent–child emotion talk and linguistic theory
Parent–child discussions about emotion are a key socialization influence on children’s socio‐emotional development. Extant research on parent–child discussions about emotion largely focuses on three main types of discourse content: parental elaboration, parental use of emotion labels and explanations, and parental emotion coaching. A new direction involves distinguishing between parents’ direct and indirect communication of discourse content. Thi…
A variationist analysis of first-person-singular subject expression in Louisiana French
In this study, we investigate first-person-singular subject expression in Louisiana French. This variety is undergoing language death and features extreme variation, with twelve first-person-singular subject forms identified within our corpus. We demonstrate that variationist methods are robust for examining such variation in obsolescing languages, and we provide a model for undertaking such analyses. Examining different aspects of our data, we f…
Linguistic indirectness in parent–preschooler reminiscing about emotion‐related events
The concept of linguistic indirectness is well established within the field of pragmatics, in which it has been observed that speakers express ideas directly and indirectly . We integrated the analysis of linguistic directness and indirectness with the examination of two established measures of parental emotion socialization through reminiscing: elaboration and emotion explanations. We examined the unique associations of parents’ direct and indir…
Since when does the Midwest have an accent?”
Folk ideologies about regional variation often depend on the consideration of certain varieties in contrast with the idea of a linguistically unmarked, standard way of speaking ( Preston 1996 ; Lippi-Green 2012 ). This study analyzes the relationship between those abstract ideologies and in-the-moment reactions to linguistic input. Examining this question with respect to American English, a listening task manipulated where speakers were said to b…
The Ohiospeaks Project
Review Article| May 01 2013 The Ohiospeaks Project: Engaging Undergraduates in Sociolinguistic Research Shontael Wanjema; Shontael Wanjema Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Katie Carmichael; Katie Carmichael Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Abby Walker; Abby Walker Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kathryn Campbell-Kibler Kathryn Campbell-Kibler Search for other works by …
The Performance of Cajun English in Boudreaux and Thibodeaux Jokes
In South Louisiana, there is a genre of jokes featuring the bumbling Cajun characters Boudreaux and Thibodeaux. These jokes are often told with an exaggerated Cajun English accent, an ideal opportunity to examine and better understand local perceptions of Cajun English linguistic features. Th-stopping, nonaspiration of [p, t, k], and vowel quality were analyzed in recordings of six Lafourche Parish, Louisiana speakers conversing casually as well …
Butqui c'est la différence? Discourse markers in Louisiana French
This article examines the use of English discourse markers in Louisiana French, focusing in particular on Englishbutand its French counterpartmais. Based on data collected in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, we examine the speech of bilinguals to determine the status of these markers, which provide a window onto the role of discourse markers in situations of language contact. Though the markers show an overlapping semantic and functional distri…
Ain't Dere No More
As "local," "authentic," "working class," "white," "urban," and "salt of the earth" characters, Vic and Nat'ly, the protagonists of Bunny Matthews's classic comic strip, embody all of the stereotypes of a New Orleans-based "Yat" identity. In this paper, we examine written representations of Yat English in Vic & Nat'ly strips, analyzing these results in comparison with current linguistic data from actual New Orleans English speakers and contextual…
Displacement and local linguistic practices
Variable r-lessness in New Orleans English is a salient linguistic feature tied to local place-based identity. In this study, I examine rates of r-lessness in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which caused large-scale displacement in the region. Participants come from the linguistically conservative suburb of Chalmette, where r-lessness is more robust than in New Orleans proper. Participants' connections to Chalmette were measured in two ways: (1) p…
On the role of the present indicative in variable future-time reference in Hexagonal French
This article investigates variable future-time expression among native speakers of Hexagonal French who participated in informal conversations. The quantitative analysis is the first to examine the inflectional future, periphrastic future, and present indicative as separate forms within a single statistical model of French oral production. Results indicate that temporal distance and presence/absence of a temporal expression predict use of these v…
Linguistic indirectness in parent–preschooler reminiscing about emotion‐related events
The concept of linguistic indirectness is well established within the field of pragmatics, in which it has been observed that speakers express ideas directly and indirectly . We integrated the analysis of linguistic directness and indirectness with the examination of two established measures of parental emotion socialization through reminiscing: elaboration and emotion explanations. We examined the unique associations of parents’ direct and indir…
The New York City–New Orleans connection
New York City English (NYCE) and New Orleans English (NOE) demonstrate remarkable similarity for cities located 1300 miles apart. Though the question of whether these dialects feature a shared history has fueled papers on the subject (Berger, 1980; Labov, 2007), there remain a number of issues with the historical record that prevent researchers from arriving at a consensus (Eble, 2016). This article presents linguistic evidence from constraint ra…
Since when does the Midwest have an accent?”
Folk ideologies about regional variation often depend on the consideration of certain varieties in contrast with the idea of a linguistically unmarked, standard way of speaking ( Preston 1996 ; Lippi-Green 2012 ). This study analyzes the relationship between those abstract ideologies and in-the-moment reactions to linguistic input. Examining this question with respect to American English, a listening task manipulated where speakers were said to b…
“Lots of prayer, lots of emotional coaching, and pray it works out the best”
Rural Americans face barriers in access to services such as psychoeducation programs. The purpose of this study was to describe how participants in a rural Appalachian community, a geographic location that has been largely underrepresented in the literature, responded to a psychoeducation program about parents’ facilitation of children’s emotional competence. The Tuning in to Kids (TiK) parent education program focuses on improving parents’ aware…
Toward integrating research on parent–child emotion talk and linguistic theory
Parent–child discussions about emotion are a key socialization influence on children’s socio‐emotional development. Extant research on parent–child discussions about emotion largely focuses on three main types of discourse content: parental elaboration, parental use of emotion labels and explanations, and parental emotion coaching. A new direction involves distinguishing between parents’ direct and indirect communication of discourse content. Thi…
(Æ)fter the Storm
This study examines the short-a system in Greater New Orleans (GNO) following the demographic changes and large-scale displacement that occurred after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. I provide a linguistic description of the short-a systems of 57 residents of the GNO suburb of Chalmette, half of whom relocated after the storm, and half of whom returned to their pre-Katrina homes. While many speakers demonstrate robust split systems, analysis demonstra…
Lessons learned
The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially altered the fabric of life around the globe, raising crucial questions about the nature of language usage in person and online. But as researchers embark on new studies (or continuations of pre-COVID research), just as essential are considerations of what our responsibilities as researchers are to our participants now. In this article, we share our reflections upon the experience of conducting research in t…
A variationist analysis of first-person-singular subject expression in Louisiana French
In this study, we investigate first-person-singular subject expression in Louisiana French. This variety is undergoing language death and features extreme variation, with twelve first-person-singular subject forms identified within our corpus. We demonstrate that variationist methods are robust for examining such variation in obsolescing languages, and we provide a model for undertaking such analyses. Examining different aspects of our data, we f…
Plus ça Change. . . Perceptions of New Orleans English Before and After the Storm
In this paper, we present a focused perceptual dialectology study of variation in a single metropolitan area: New Orleans, Louisiana, long overlooked by linguists. We asked participants to complete a map-drawing activity using two maps, one of the city and its nearest suburbs, and one of the larger cultural zone. We also added the dimension of time by additionally asking participants to complete a map showing changes that have occurred since Hurr…
Yats No More
When Palms Are in Your THOUGHTs, You Head South
In New Orleans, there is a White, working-class dialect of English, sometimes called Yat, that has several notable similarities with that of New York City. These similarities have been argued to be the result of nineteenth-century dialect contact between residents of the two cities. Examining the distribution of low-back vowels in the vowel systems of 57 speakers of the New Orleans Yat dialect, the authors argue that patterning of the palm vowel …
Making a Merger
The merger of lot and thought , sometimes called the low-back merger, is a feature rapidly spreading across North America, even in locales historically resistant to the merger. New Orleans English has historically retained the lot/thought distinction due to raised thought , a feature more common to the mid-Atlantic region than the American South. In this study, we examine the relationship between lot and thought in a sample of fifty-seven speaker…
Meet Me on Tomorrow by Your Mama’s House
Language and Place
Place has been central to sociolinguistic research from the beginning. How speakers conceptualize and orient to place can influence linguistic productions. Additionally, places can and do have myriad meanings - some strongly contested. Further, place is not static, as people move and the ideologies regarding certain places evolve over time. This Element probes these themes. It begins by reviewing the existing work on language and place within soc…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (16 obras) · Multilingual Education and Policy (15 obras) · Linguistics (12 obras) · Psychology (11 obras) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · History (9 obras) · Philosophy (9 obras) · Computer Science (8 obras) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (6 obras)