Julia Thomas Swan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4054914 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Thomas Swan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Swan |
| SIGNATURE | SWAN J T |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Jose State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3944-7913 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bag - bagel Merger: Perceptual Evidence from Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington
The pronunciation of words in the bat , bet , and bait classes before /ɡ/ (hereafter bag , beg , and bagel ) is well-documented in production studies of Pacific Northwest English and beyond, yet there remains a lack of consensus as to whether the phenomenon involves only phonetic raising, measurable on the acoustic dimension, or whether this raising involves partial reduction in phonemic contrasts, characteristic of merger. We argue that perceptu…
Substrate Influence, Intergenerational Reallocation, and Inclusion of Historical Data from Multilingual Immigrant Speakers: Monophthongal /oʊ/ in Seattle, Washington
Given long-standing dimensions of power and oppression, historical sociolinguistics endeavors to augment data representing diverse identities and demographics at earlier points in time. The language use of some groups has been systematically unavailable or excluded from the data sources scholars rely on to do reconstructive work, limiting insights about the development of regional varieties of English and perpetuating a predominately white, male,…
An Echo of Northwest Voices
Review Article| November 01 2022 An Echo of Northwest Voices Northwest Voices: Language and Culture in the Pacific Northwest. Edited by Denham, Kristin. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2019. Pp. vi + 192. ISBN 978-0870719639; $22.95 (ebk $22.95) Julia Thomas Swan Julia Thomas Swan San José State University julia thomas swan is an assistant professor of linguistics at San José State University, where she teaches courses on sociolinguisti…
Same PRICE , Different House
Research Article| December 01 2021 9. Same PRICE, Different HOUSE: English Diphthong Raising in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia Julia Thomas Swan Julia Thomas Swan julia thomas swan is an assistant professor of linguistics at San José State University. She is a sociolinguist and dialectologist focused on phonetics/phonology. She is especially interested in ethnicity, multilingualism, and social meaning as related to language …
Bag Across the Border
Prior research documents /æ/ raising and tensing when followed by /g/ in words like bag in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in Seattle. The present study compares /æg/ raising among speakers from Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia, and explores the social motivations for its use. The findings show that while the feature occurs in both cities, its social distribution is not identical. Different age and gender distributions and…
The Low-Back-Merger Shift in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia
Bag Across the Border
Prior research documents /æ/ raising and tensing when followed by /g/ in words like bag in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in Seattle. The present study compares /æg/ raising among speakers from Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia, and explores the social motivations for its use. The findings show that while the feature occurs in both cities, its social distribution is not identical. Different age and gender distributions and…
The Low-Back-Merger Shift in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia
Bag Across the Border
Prior research documents /æ/ raising and tensing when followed by /g/ in words like bag in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in Seattle. The present study compares /æg/ raising among speakers from Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia, and explores the social motivations for its use. The findings show that while the feature occurs in both cities, its social distribution is not identical. Different age and gender distributions and…
Same PRICE , Different House
Research Article| December 01 2021 9. Same PRICE, Different HOUSE: English Diphthong Raising in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia Julia Thomas Swan Julia Thomas Swan julia thomas swan is an assistant professor of linguistics at San José State University. She is a sociolinguist and dialectologist focused on phonetics/phonology. She is especially interested in ethnicity, multilingualism, and social meaning as related to language …
An Echo of Northwest Voices
Review Article| November 01 2022 An Echo of Northwest Voices Northwest Voices: Language and Culture in the Pacific Northwest. Edited by Denham, Kristin. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2019. Pp. vi + 192. ISBN 978-0870719639; $22.95 (ebk $22.95) Julia Thomas Swan Julia Thomas Swan San José State University julia thomas swan is an assistant professor of linguistics at San José State University, where she teaches courses on sociolinguisti…
Substrate Influence, Intergenerational Reallocation, and Inclusion of Historical Data from Multilingual Immigrant Speakers: Monophthongal /oʊ/ in Seattle, Washington
Given long-standing dimensions of power and oppression, historical sociolinguistics endeavors to augment data representing diverse identities and demographics at earlier points in time. The language use of some groups has been systematically unavailable or excluded from the data sources scholars rely on to do reconstructive work, limiting insights about the development of regional varieties of English and perpetuating a predominately white, male,…
Bag - bagel Merger: Perceptual Evidence from Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington
The pronunciation of words in the bat , bet , and bait classes before /ɡ/ (hereafter bag , beg , and bagel ) is well-documented in production studies of Pacific Northwest English and beyond, yet there remains a lack of consensus as to whether the phenomenon involves only phonetic raising, measurable on the acoustic dimension, or whether this raising involves partial reduction in phonemic contrasts, characteristic of merger. We argue that perceptu…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 works) · History (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Demographics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Icon (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works)