Caroline Myrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 1666026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Myrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Myrick |
| SIGNATURE | MYRICK C |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Significance of Linguistic Variation in the Speeches of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Although Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eloquence as a speaker is widely recognized and his rhetorical strategies have been extensively studied, no analyses have been conducted on his language variation in different speech settings. This article examines a set of variable structures in King's speech to determine how it indexes his regional, social, and ethnic identity as he accommodated different audiences and interactions. The use of unstress…
Writing Language-based Trade Books
New publishing models and increased interest in "popular science" books have converged to make it increasingly viable for linguists to write language-based trade books focusing on regional and social speech varieties. In order for such books to reach a broad audience, authors must make writing choices that are quite dissimilar from those made when writing for academic peers. In this article, we examine a number of recent sociolinguistic trade boo…
Putting Saban English on the map
Small Caribbean islands offer a unique venue for examining principles of language contact and sociolinguistic variation. Only recently, however, has the use of acoustics-based analysis been incorporated as a tool for the phonological description and analysis of Caribbean varieties. This study offers the first empirical description and analysis of the English spoken on the island of Saba, a Dutch municipality located in the Eastern Caribbean. Data…
The Significance of Linguistic Variation in the Speeches of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Although Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eloquence as a speaker is widely recognized and his rhetorical strategies have been extensively studied, no analyses have been conducted on his language variation in different speech settings. This article examines a set of variable structures in King's speech to determine how it indexes his regional, social, and ethnic identity as he accommodated different audiences and interactions. The use of unstress…
Putting Saban English on the map
Small Caribbean islands offer a unique venue for examining principles of language contact and sociolinguistic variation. Only recently, however, has the use of acoustics-based analysis been incorporated as a tool for the phonological description and analysis of Caribbean varieties. This study offers the first empirical description and analysis of the English spoken on the island of Saba, a Dutch municipality located in the Eastern Caribbean. Data…
Putting Saban English on the map
Small Caribbean islands offer a unique venue for examining principles of language contact and sociolinguistic variation. Only recently, however, has the use of acoustics-based analysis been incorporated as a tool for the phonological description and analysis of Caribbean varieties. This study offers the first empirical description and analysis of the English spoken on the island of Saba, a Dutch municipality located in the Eastern Caribbean. Data…
Writing Language-based Trade Books
New publishing models and increased interest in "popular science" books have converged to make it increasingly viable for linguists to write language-based trade books focusing on regional and social speech varieties. In order for such books to reach a broad audience, authors must make writing choices that are quite dissimilar from those made when writing for academic peers. In this article, we examine a number of recent sociolinguistic trade boo…
The Significance of Linguistic Variation in the Speeches of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Although Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eloquence as a speaker is widely recognized and his rhetorical strategies have been extensively studied, no analyses have been conducted on his language variation in different speech settings. This article examines a set of variable structures in King's speech to determine how it indexes his regional, social, and ethnic identity as he accommodated different audiences and interactions. The use of unstress…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Speech community (2 works) · Academic writing (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Art (1 works)