Lal Zimman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lal Zimman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lal |
| FAMILY NAME | Zimman |
| SIGNATURE | ZIMMAN L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 128 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Beyond binary gender
This paper promotes a sophisticated treatment of gender in variationism through a large-scale quantitative analysis of creak, a nonmodal voice quality stereotypically associated with women in US English. An analysis of our gender-diverse corpus, including cisgender, transgender, and nonbinary individuals, finds that gender does not predict variation; all gender groups produce high rates of creak. However, gender does interact with style: all spea…
Sociophonetics
Sociophonetics is an analytic approach that overlaps with, but is also distinct from, related areas of study such as quantitative and variationist sociolinguistics. The distinctive characteristics of sociophonetics include the use of continuous (rather than categorical) variables, an interest in perception as well as production, and the implementation of a range of methods for data collection in both field settings and laboratories. Increasingly,…
International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA, is among the oldest and most fundamental tools of modern linguistic description and analysis. Established by the International Phonetic Association in the late nineteenth century, the IPA serves as a universal, standardized system for representing human speech, regardless of the language(s) of the speaker or the transcriber. The IPA has a number of useful qualities, the most important of which are (i) …
Trans self-identification and the language of neoliberal selfhood
Sociocultural linguists share with transgender communities a strong interest in the power of individuals to assert agency over linguistic patterns. For trans people, a key principle of activism isgender self-determination, which treats each individual as the ultimate authority on their own gender identity. This article explores some of the ways gender self-determination and self-identification surface in transgender people's linguistic practices.…
Transgender language reform
Transgender people's recent increase in visibility in the contemporary United States has presented new linguistic challenges. This article investigates those challenges and presents strategies developed by trans speakers and promoted by trans activists concerned with language reform. The first of these is the selection of gendered lexical items, including both gender identity terms (woman, man, etc.) and more implicitly gendered words (e.g. beaut…
Variability in /s/ among transgender speakers
Sibilant consonants are well-established as resources for the negotiation of gender and sexuality, but the origin of these links is less clearly agreed upon. Some researchers have pointed to sex differentiation in the vocal anatomy as a potential cause for gender differences in /s/, though a review of the literature indicates that learned articulatory patterns play a critical role. This article focuses on the spectral qualities of /s/ among 15 En…
Gender as stylistic bricolage
Despite the importance of gender differences in the voice, sociolinguists have not paid sufficient attention to the sociolinguistic processes through which phonetic resources are mobilized in the construction of a gendered voice. This article argues that gender differences in the voice-including those influenced by physiology-are best understood as elements of sociolinguistic style rather than static properties. With a focus on transgender speake…
Boycunts and Bonus Holes
Recent theorizations of trans embodiment have brought attention to the ways neoliberalism limits the productivity of nonnormatively gendered bodies. This article deals with the discursive framing of embodiment and sexual desirability among trans men and other transmasculine persons negotiating Internet-mediated homoerotic spaces. Micro-level analysis of discourse structure and macro-level analysis of socio-political context together show how tran…
Hegemonic masculinity and the variability of gay-sounding speech
Sociophonetic inquiry into sexuality and the voice has often focused on the perception of men’s sexuality on the basis of disembodied voices. However, inconsistencies across these studies limit our ability to unite their findings into a cohesive model of gay-sounding speech. This paper focuses on variability among gay-sounding speakers by analyzing the voices of female-to-male transgender individuals, or trans men. Trans men who make use of testo…
Hegemonic masculinity and the variability of gay-sounding speech
Sociophonetic inquiry into sexuality and the voice has often focused on the perception of men’s sexuality on the basis of disembodied voices. However, inconsistencies across these studies limit our ability to unite their findings into a cohesive model of gay-sounding speech. This paper focuses on variability among gay-sounding speakers by analyzing the voices of female-to-male transgender individuals, or trans men. Trans men who make use of testo…
Gender as stylistic bricolage
Despite the importance of gender differences in the voice, sociolinguists have not paid sufficient attention to the sociolinguistic processes through which phonetic resources are mobilized in the construction of a gendered voice. This article argues that gender differences in the voice-including those influenced by physiology-are best understood as elements of sociolinguistic style rather than static properties. With a focus on transgender speake…
Boycunts and Bonus Holes
Recent theorizations of trans embodiment have brought attention to the ways neoliberalism limits the productivity of nonnormatively gendered bodies. This article deals with the discursive framing of embodiment and sexual desirability among trans men and other transmasculine persons negotiating Internet-mediated homoerotic spaces. Micro-level analysis of discourse structure and macro-level analysis of socio-political context together show how tran…
Transgender language reform
Transgender people's recent increase in visibility in the contemporary United States has presented new linguistic challenges. This article investigates those challenges and presents strategies developed by trans speakers and promoted by trans activists concerned with language reform. The first of these is the selection of gendered lexical items, including both gender identity terms (woman, man, etc.) and more implicitly gendered words (e.g. beaut…
Trans self-identification and the language of neoliberal selfhood
Sociocultural linguists share with transgender communities a strong interest in the power of individuals to assert agency over linguistic patterns. For trans people, a key principle of activism isgender self-determination, which treats each individual as the ultimate authority on their own gender identity. This article explores some of the ways gender self-determination and self-identification surface in transgender people's linguistic practices.…
Beyond binary gender
This paper promotes a sophisticated treatment of gender in variationism through a large-scale quantitative analysis of creak, a nonmodal voice quality stereotypically associated with women in US English. An analysis of our gender-diverse corpus, including cisgender, transgender, and nonbinary individuals, finds that gender does not predict variation; all gender groups produce high rates of creak. However, gender does interact with style: all spea…
Variability in /s/ among transgender speakers
Sibilant consonants are well-established as resources for the negotiation of gender and sexuality, but the origin of these links is less clearly agreed upon. Some researchers have pointed to sex differentiation in the vocal anatomy as a potential cause for gender differences in /s/, though a review of the literature indicates that learned articulatory patterns play a critical role. This article focuses on the spectral qualities of /s/ among 15 En…
Hegemonic masculinity and the variability of gay-sounding speech
Sociophonetic inquiry into sexuality and the voice has often focused on the perception of men’s sexuality on the basis of disembodied voices. However, inconsistencies across these studies limit our ability to unite their findings into a cohesive model of gay-sounding speech. This paper focuses on variability among gay-sounding speakers by analyzing the voices of female-to-male transgender individuals, or trans men. Trans men who make use of testo…
Boycunts and Bonus Holes
Recent theorizations of trans embodiment have brought attention to the ways neoliberalism limits the productivity of nonnormatively gendered bodies. This article deals with the discursive framing of embodiment and sexual desirability among trans men and other transmasculine persons negotiating Internet-mediated homoerotic spaces. Micro-level analysis of discourse structure and macro-level analysis of socio-political context together show how tran…
Transgender language reform
Transgender people's recent increase in visibility in the contemporary United States has presented new linguistic challenges. This article investigates those challenges and presents strategies developed by trans speakers and promoted by trans activists concerned with language reform. The first of these is the selection of gendered lexical items, including both gender identity terms (woman, man, etc.) and more implicitly gendered words (e.g. beaut…
Variability in /s/ among transgender speakers
Sibilant consonants are well-established as resources for the negotiation of gender and sexuality, but the origin of these links is less clearly agreed upon. Some researchers have pointed to sex differentiation in the vocal anatomy as a potential cause for gender differences in /s/, though a review of the literature indicates that learned articulatory patterns play a critical role. This article focuses on the spectral qualities of /s/ among 15 En…
Gender as stylistic bricolage
Despite the importance of gender differences in the voice, sociolinguists have not paid sufficient attention to the sociolinguistic processes through which phonetic resources are mobilized in the construction of a gendered voice. This article argues that gender differences in the voice-including those influenced by physiology-are best understood as elements of sociolinguistic style rather than static properties. With a focus on transgender speake…
Trans self-identification and the language of neoliberal selfhood
Sociocultural linguists share with transgender communities a strong interest in the power of individuals to assert agency over linguistic patterns. For trans people, a key principle of activism isgender self-determination, which treats each individual as the ultimate authority on their own gender identity. This article explores some of the ways gender self-determination and self-identification surface in transgender people's linguistic practices.…
Sociophonetics
Sociophonetics is an analytic approach that overlaps with, but is also distinct from, related areas of study such as quantitative and variationist sociolinguistics. The distinctive characteristics of sociophonetics include the use of continuous (rather than categorical) variables, an interest in perception as well as production, and the implementation of a range of methods for data collection in both field settings and laboratories. Increasingly,…
International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA, is among the oldest and most fundamental tools of modern linguistic description and analysis. Established by the International Phonetic Association in the late nineteenth century, the IPA serves as a universal, standardized system for representing human speech, regardless of the language(s) of the speaker or the transcriber. The IPA has a number of useful qualities, the most important of which are (i) …
Beyond binary gender
This paper promotes a sophisticated treatment of gender in variationism through a large-scale quantitative analysis of creak, a nonmodal voice quality stereotypically associated with women in US English. An analysis of our gender-diverse corpus, including cisgender, transgender, and nonbinary individuals, finds that gender does not predict variation; all gender groups produce high rates of creak. However, gender does interact with style: all spea…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Transgender (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)