Heike Pichler
Biographic Data
| ID | 744797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heike Pichler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heike |
| FAMILY NAME | Pichler |
| SIGNATURE | PICHLER H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1392-7580 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Performing Language Variation to Promote Sociolinguistic Equality
Improving public understanding of language variation and applying research for social benefit are foundational principles of variationist sociolinguistics. Demystifying language variation is critical to challenging dominant language ideologies that prize standardized language varieties and language forms, and perpetuate social inequalities and exclusion. Here, I introduce a new public engagement strategy for promoting sociolinguistic equality, wh…
Grammaticalization and language contact in a discourse-pragmatic change in progress: The spread ofinnitin London English
This variationist analysis investigates the development and spread ofinnitas an invariant tag in London English. The sociolinguistic distribution ofinnitin a socially stratified corpus of vernacular speech suggests that the form's emergence and spread were initiated and propelled system-internally through changes associated with grammaticalization. Frequency triggered phonetic reduction ofisn't ittoinnit; loss of syntactic-semantic usage constrai…
Old‐age language variation and change: Confronting variationist ageism
The speech of older adults (65+ years old) is a rich resource for a wide range of researchers, including oral historians, developmental psychologists, health communication scholars, speech and hearing specialists, and discourse analysts. Yet in variationist sociolinguistics—the study of language variation, language change, and their social motivations—older adults have fallen afoul of a kind of scholarly ageism. This article provides linguists wi…
Discourse-pragmatic variation across situations, varieties, ages: I Don't Know in Sociolinguistic and Medical Interviews
Methods in discourse variation analysis: Reflections on the way forward1
This paper demonstrates the need for a uniform model of discourse variation analysis which is equipped to capture the complex nature of discourse variation and change whilst also ensuring generalizability. A review of the literature shows that the current heterogeneity in corpus construction, data quantification and theorizing of discourse variables impedes reliability and intersubjectivity. Suggestions are offered to achieve comparability, and a…
The functional and social reality of discourse variants in a northern English dialect: I DON'T KNOW and I DON'T THINK compared
This paper explores the functional and social meanings of the formal variants of the expressions I DON‟T KNOW and I DON‟T THINK. The qualitative analysis of the data shows that I DON‟T KNOW and I DON‟T THINK are highly routinized discourse formulae that perform multiple interpersonal and textual functions. The quantification of their phonetic and grammatical variants across function, age and gender reveals that the occurrence of non-localised and…
Methods in discourse variation analysis: Reflections on the way forward1
This paper demonstrates the need for a uniform model of discourse variation analysis which is equipped to capture the complex nature of discourse variation and change whilst also ensuring generalizability. A review of the literature shows that the current heterogeneity in corpus construction, data quantification and theorizing of discourse variables impedes reliability and intersubjectivity. Suggestions are offered to achieve comparability, and a…
Grammaticalization and language contact in a discourse-pragmatic change in progress: The spread ofinnitin London English
This variationist analysis investigates the development and spread ofinnitas an invariant tag in London English. The sociolinguistic distribution ofinnitin a socially stratified corpus of vernacular speech suggests that the form's emergence and spread were initiated and propelled system-internally through changes associated with grammaticalization. Frequency triggered phonetic reduction ofisn't ittoinnit; loss of syntactic-semantic usage constrai…
Old‐age language variation and change: Confronting variationist ageism
The speech of older adults (65+ years old) is a rich resource for a wide range of researchers, including oral historians, developmental psychologists, health communication scholars, speech and hearing specialists, and discourse analysts. Yet in variationist sociolinguistics—the study of language variation, language change, and their social motivations—older adults have fallen afoul of a kind of scholarly ageism. This article provides linguists wi…
The functional and social reality of discourse variants in a northern English dialect: I DON'T KNOW and I DON'T THINK compared
This paper explores the functional and social meanings of the formal variants of the expressions I DON‟T KNOW and I DON‟T THINK. The qualitative analysis of the data shows that I DON‟T KNOW and I DON‟T THINK are highly routinized discourse formulae that perform multiple interpersonal and textual functions. The quantification of their phonetic and grammatical variants across function, age and gender reveals that the occurrence of non-localised and…
Discourse-pragmatic variation across situations, varieties, ages: I Don't Know in Sociolinguistic and Medical Interviews
The functional and social reality of discourse variants in a northern English dialect: I DON'T KNOW and I DON'T THINK compared
This paper explores the functional and social meanings of the formal variants of the expressions I DON‟T KNOW and I DON‟T THINK. The qualitative analysis of the data shows that I DON‟T KNOW and I DON‟T THINK are highly routinized discourse formulae that perform multiple interpersonal and textual functions. The quantification of their phonetic and grammatical variants across function, age and gender reveals that the occurrence of non-localised and…
Methods in discourse variation analysis: Reflections on the way forward1
This paper demonstrates the need for a uniform model of discourse variation analysis which is equipped to capture the complex nature of discourse variation and change whilst also ensuring generalizability. A review of the literature shows that the current heterogeneity in corpus construction, data quantification and theorizing of discourse variables impedes reliability and intersubjectivity. Suggestions are offered to achieve comparability, and a…
Discourse-pragmatic variation across situations, varieties, ages: I Don't Know in Sociolinguistic and Medical Interviews
Old‐age language variation and change: Confronting variationist ageism
The speech of older adults (65+ years old) is a rich resource for a wide range of researchers, including oral historians, developmental psychologists, health communication scholars, speech and hearing specialists, and discourse analysts. Yet in variationist sociolinguistics—the study of language variation, language change, and their social motivations—older adults have fallen afoul of a kind of scholarly ageism. This article provides linguists wi…
Grammaticalization and language contact in a discourse-pragmatic change in progress: The spread ofinnitin London English
This variationist analysis investigates the development and spread ofinnitas an invariant tag in London English. The sociolinguistic distribution ofinnitin a socially stratified corpus of vernacular speech suggests that the form's emergence and spread were initiated and propelled system-internally through changes associated with grammaticalization. Frequency triggered phonetic reduction ofisn't ittoinnit; loss of syntactic-semantic usage constrai…
Performing Language Variation to Promote Sociolinguistic Equality
Improving public understanding of language variation and applying research for social benefit are foundational principles of variationist sociolinguistics. Demystifying language variation is critical to challenging dominant language ideologies that prize standardized language varieties and language forms, and perpetuate social inequalities and exclusion. Here, I introduce a new public engagement strategy for promoting sociolinguistic equality, wh…
Linguistics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociolinguistics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Discourse analysis (2 works)