Brendan Regan
Biographic Data
| ID | 754438 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendan Regan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendan |
| FAMILY NAME | Regan |
| SIGNATURE | REGAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Tech University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4766-6921 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Como está hablando con su mamá, está bien que haga el code-switching ’: Social perceptions of situationally-based code-switching in West Texas
This study examines Spanish-English bilinguals’ social perceptions of the usage of monolingual Spanish, monolingual English, and code-switching, taking into consideration the situational context (interlocutor and location) in which utterances are produced. A matched-guise experiment was created with the speech of 4 Spanish-English bilinguals from Texas varying in language mode and speech setting. Based on responses from 112 Spanish-English biling…
The status of /f/ in Mayan-accented Spanish
Although scant, the previous research on Guatemalan Spanish has suggested that both /f/ lenition, /f/ → [h], and /f/ fortition, /f/ → [p], are more common among Mayan-Spanish bilinguals with lower levels of education as /f/ is not present in any Mayan language. The present study analyzes 1,430 tokens of /f/ from sociolinguistic interviews in Spanish from 40 bilinguals of Spanish and the Mayan language K’iche’ according to both linguistic and extr…
Individual differences in the acquisition of language-specific and dialect-specific allophones of intervocalic /d/ by L2 and heritage Spanish speakers studying abroad in Sevilla
This study examines the role of language proficiency and other individual factors (attitudes, input) in the acquisition of language-specific [ð] and dialect-specific [∅] allophones of Spanish intervocalic /d/ in the /ado/ context by L2 and heritage Spanish speakers during a short-term study abroad in Sevilla, Spain. Twenty L2-intermediate, 10 L2-advanced, and 10 Heritage-advanced Spanish speakers completed a reading task at the beginning and the …
The Indeterminacy of Social Meaning Linked to 'Mexico' and 'Texas' Spanish: Examining Monoglossic Language Ideologies among Heritage and L2 Spanish Listeners
This study examines how implied speaker nationality, which serves as a proxy for bilingual/monolingual status, influences social perception and linguistic evaluation. A modified matched-guise experiment was created with the speech of eight bilingual U.S. Spanish speakers from Texas talking about family traditions; the speech stimuli remained the same, but the social information provided about the speakers-whether they were said to be from Mexico …
Guadalupe or Guadaloop
To examine the social evaluations of place-name variation, a matched-guise study was created using audio clips of four bilingual and four monolingual Austinites performing a map task. The audio clips were digitally manipulated to vary only in place-name pronunciation, using English or Spanish phonology for Spanish place-names and established local or newcomer nonlocal for English place-names. Based on the responses of 126 residents of Austin, mix…
The social meaning of a merger: The evaluation of an Andalusian Spanish consonant merger (ceceo)
This study analyzes the social evaluations of the Andalusian Spanishceceomerger and its split,distinción. A matched-guise experiment was created by digitally manipulating spontaneous speech from twelve Western Andalusian speakers, varying only in syllable-initial [s̪] and [θ] for and , creatingceceoanddistinciónguises. Based on 221 listeners from Huelva and Lepe, Spain, mixed effects linear regression models found that speakers withdistinciónguis…
The split of a fricative merger due to dialect contact and societal changes: A sociophonetic study on Andalusian Spanish read-speech
In line with a growing body of literature suggesting that mergers are reversible given the adequate dialect contact and social context, the present study examines the phonetic split of the Andalusian Spanish merger of ceceo into the Castilian Spanish feature of distinción . Specifically, the study analyzes 19,420 coronal fricatives produced by 80 Western Andalusian speakers from the city of Huelva and the nearby town of Lepe using a reading passa…
A study of ceceo variation in Western Andalusia (Huelva)
Throughout Europe many traditional dialects are converging towards regional or national standards due to large-scale societal changes such as increased education, mobility and dialect contact. In parts of southern Spain, the long-standing mergers of ceceo and seseo are yielding to the national standard of distinción . A quantitative sociolinguistic analysis of the coronal fricative variation of thirty-eight speakers was conducted to assess the st…
The social meaning of a merger: The evaluation of an Andalusian Spanish consonant merger (ceceo)
This study analyzes the social evaluations of the Andalusian Spanishceceomerger and its split,distinción. A matched-guise experiment was created by digitally manipulating spontaneous speech from twelve Western Andalusian speakers, varying only in syllable-initial [s̪] and [θ] for and , creatingceceoanddistinciónguises. Based on 221 listeners from Huelva and Lepe, Spain, mixed effects linear regression models found that speakers withdistinciónguis…
The split of a fricative merger due to dialect contact and societal changes: A sociophonetic study on Andalusian Spanish read-speech
In line with a growing body of literature suggesting that mergers are reversible given the adequate dialect contact and social context, the present study examines the phonetic split of the Andalusian Spanish merger of ceceo into the Castilian Spanish feature of distinción . Specifically, the study analyzes 19,420 coronal fricatives produced by 80 Western Andalusian speakers from the city of Huelva and the nearby town of Lepe using a reading passa…
Guadalupe or Guadaloop
To examine the social evaluations of place-name variation, a matched-guise study was created using audio clips of four bilingual and four monolingual Austinites performing a map task. The audio clips were digitally manipulated to vary only in place-name pronunciation, using English or Spanish phonology for Spanish place-names and established local or newcomer nonlocal for English place-names. Based on the responses of 126 residents of Austin, mix…
The Indeterminacy of Social Meaning Linked to 'Mexico' and 'Texas' Spanish: Examining Monoglossic Language Ideologies among Heritage and L2 Spanish Listeners
This study examines how implied speaker nationality, which serves as a proxy for bilingual/monolingual status, influences social perception and linguistic evaluation. A modified matched-guise experiment was created with the speech of eight bilingual U.S. Spanish speakers from Texas talking about family traditions; the speech stimuli remained the same, but the social information provided about the speakers-whether they were said to be from Mexico …
A study of ceceo variation in Western Andalusia (Huelva)
Throughout Europe many traditional dialects are converging towards regional or national standards due to large-scale societal changes such as increased education, mobility and dialect contact. In parts of southern Spain, the long-standing mergers of ceceo and seseo are yielding to the national standard of distinción . A quantitative sociolinguistic analysis of the coronal fricative variation of thirty-eight speakers was conducted to assess the st…
The split of a fricative merger due to dialect contact and societal changes: A sociophonetic study on Andalusian Spanish read-speech
In line with a growing body of literature suggesting that mergers are reversible given the adequate dialect contact and social context, the present study examines the phonetic split of the Andalusian Spanish merger of ceceo into the Castilian Spanish feature of distinción . Specifically, the study analyzes 19,420 coronal fricatives produced by 80 Western Andalusian speakers from the city of Huelva and the nearby town of Lepe using a reading passa…
Guadalupe or Guadaloop
To examine the social evaluations of place-name variation, a matched-guise study was created using audio clips of four bilingual and four monolingual Austinites performing a map task. The audio clips were digitally manipulated to vary only in place-name pronunciation, using English or Spanish phonology for Spanish place-names and established local or newcomer nonlocal for English place-names. Based on the responses of 126 residents of Austin, mix…
The social meaning of a merger: The evaluation of an Andalusian Spanish consonant merger (ceceo)
This study analyzes the social evaluations of the Andalusian Spanishceceomerger and its split,distinción. A matched-guise experiment was created by digitally manipulating spontaneous speech from twelve Western Andalusian speakers, varying only in syllable-initial [s̪] and [θ] for and , creatingceceoanddistinciónguises. Based on 221 listeners from Huelva and Lepe, Spain, mixed effects linear regression models found that speakers withdistinciónguis…
Individual differences in the acquisition of language-specific and dialect-specific allophones of intervocalic /d/ by L2 and heritage Spanish speakers studying abroad in Sevilla
This study examines the role of language proficiency and other individual factors (attitudes, input) in the acquisition of language-specific [ð] and dialect-specific [∅] allophones of Spanish intervocalic /d/ in the /ado/ context by L2 and heritage Spanish speakers during a short-term study abroad in Sevilla, Spain. Twenty L2-intermediate, 10 L2-advanced, and 10 Heritage-advanced Spanish speakers completed a reading task at the beginning and the …
The Indeterminacy of Social Meaning Linked to 'Mexico' and 'Texas' Spanish: Examining Monoglossic Language Ideologies among Heritage and L2 Spanish Listeners
This study examines how implied speaker nationality, which serves as a proxy for bilingual/monolingual status, influences social perception and linguistic evaluation. A modified matched-guise experiment was created with the speech of eight bilingual U.S. Spanish speakers from Texas talking about family traditions; the speech stimuli remained the same, but the social information provided about the speakers-whether they were said to be from Mexico …
The status of /f/ in Mayan-accented Spanish
Although scant, the previous research on Guatemalan Spanish has suggested that both /f/ lenition, /f/ → [h], and /f/ fortition, /f/ → [p], are more common among Mayan-Spanish bilinguals with lower levels of education as /f/ is not present in any Mayan language. The present study analyzes 1,430 tokens of /f/ from sociolinguistic interviews in Spanish from 40 bilinguals of Spanish and the Mayan language K’iche’ according to both linguistic and extr…
Como está hablando con su mamá, está bien que haga el code-switching ’: Social perceptions of situationally-based code-switching in West Texas
This study examines Spanish-English bilinguals’ social perceptions of the usage of monolingual Spanish, monolingual English, and code-switching, taking into consideration the situational context (interlocutor and location) in which utterances are produced. A matched-guise experiment was created with the speech of 4 Spanish-English bilinguals from Texas varying in language mode and speech setting. Based on responses from 112 Spanish-English biling…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (4 works) · History (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)