Jessica A Grieser
Biographic Data
| ID | 821200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica A Grieser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica A |
| FAMILY NAME | Grieser |
| SIGNATURE | GRIESER J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1777-5243 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How Well Do Large Language Models Understand African American Language? Causes and Implications
We focus on studying large language models (LLMs) and their ability to successfully interpret African American Language (AAL) in ways that do not distort the communicative intent of the speakers or writers. We discuss research that quantifies the gap between how well LLMs interpret AAL and how well they interpret White Mainstream English as well as research identifying the causes of this difference. This difference has an impact both on users of …
The Unbearable Rightness of Me-ing
We’ve seen the future (of teaching linguistics): It’s inclusive and just for everyone
Our session, organized by the LSA’s Special Interest Group on Scholarly Teaching in Linguistics, brought together in-person and online participants for an exploration of linguistics pedagogy as an avenue for sustaining and advancing the continued growth of our field across a variety of academic institution types and student populations – from community colleges, small liberal arts colleges, and Tribal Colleges, to large-scale public and private u…
The greatest puzzle: Labov's 'Inherent variability of the copula' and its charge to the field
Increasing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Linguistics Through Small Teaching
Research Article| May 01 2024 Increasing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Linguistics Through Small Teaching Christina Bjorndahl; Christina Bjorndahl Carnegie Mellon University christina bjorndahl is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, where she teaches a variety of courses for the linguistics major. Her research in laboratory phonology focuses on cross-linguistic investigatio…
Black Womanhood: Raciolinguistic Intersections of Gender, Sexuality & Social Status in the Aftermaths of Colonization
In this essay, we highlight the colonial invention of oppositional and binary categories as a dominant form of social sorting and meaning-making in our society. We understand language as a tool for the construction, maintenance, and analysis of these categories. Through language, these categorizations often render those who sit at the margins illegible. We center the Black woman as the prototypical “other,” her condition being interpreted neither…
Overt and Covert Class Critique with African American Language
Research Article| December 01 2022 5. Overt and Covert Class Critique with African American Language Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification, as well a…
Conclusions
Research Article| December 01 2022 7. Conclusions Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification, as well as language online. She is the author of The Black S…
Introduction
Methodology
Research Article| December 01 2022 2. Methodology Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification, as well as language online. She is the author of The Black S…
Classed Stancetaking with African American Language
Research Article| December 01 2022 4. Classed Stancetaking with African American Language Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification, as well as language …
Correctly Black: Final Consonant Devoicing as Black Professional Identity
Research Article| December 01 2022 6. Correctly Black: Final Consonant Devoicing as Black Professional Identity Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification…
Styling Localness: Quantifying Style Shifting in African American Language
Research Article| December 01 2022 3. Styling Localness: Quantifying Style Shifting in African American Language Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrificatio…
Toward Understanding The N-Words
Commentary| November 01 2019 Toward Understanding The N-Words Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jessica A. Grieser is assistant professor of English linguistics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who researches the role of African American Language in the creation of Black social identities. Her forthcoming monograph examines the role of AAL as a practice of Black place-making in Washington, D.C. Ema…
Investigating Topic-Based Style Shifting in the Classic Sociolinguistic Interview
This study takes a quantitative approach to exploring topic-based morphosyntactic variation in African American Language (AAL). Using data from 45 speakers from the DCA component of the Corpus of Regional African American Language (CORAAL), stratified for age, gender, and socioeconomic status, this study uses a dialect density measure to compare the rate of AAL morphosyntactic feature use across the topics introduced in these classic sociolinguis…
A Call to Action in Academic Literacy Instruction
Review Article| May 01 2016 A Call to Action in Academic Literacy Instruction Academic Literacy and Student Diversity: The Case for Inclusive Practice. By Winegate, Ursula. Bristol, U.K.: Multilingual Matters, 2015. Pp.vii + 194. ISBN 978-1-78309-348-9; $129.95 (pbk $39.95; ebk $25.00) Jessica Grieser Jessica Grieser Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2016) 91 (2): 262–266. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283…
Investigating Topic-Based Style Shifting in the Classic Sociolinguistic Interview
This study takes a quantitative approach to exploring topic-based morphosyntactic variation in African American Language (AAL). Using data from 45 speakers from the DCA component of the Corpus of Regional African American Language (CORAAL), stratified for age, gender, and socioeconomic status, this study uses a dialect density measure to compare the rate of AAL morphosyntactic feature use across the topics introduced in these classic sociolinguis…
Black Womanhood: Raciolinguistic Intersections of Gender, Sexuality & Social Status in the Aftermaths of Colonization
In this essay, we highlight the colonial invention of oppositional and binary categories as a dominant form of social sorting and meaning-making in our society. We understand language as a tool for the construction, maintenance, and analysis of these categories. Through language, these categorizations often render those who sit at the margins illegible. We center the Black woman as the prototypical “other,” her condition being interpreted neither…
Increasing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Linguistics Through Small Teaching
Research Article| May 01 2024 Increasing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Linguistics Through Small Teaching Christina Bjorndahl; Christina Bjorndahl Carnegie Mellon University christina bjorndahl is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, where she teaches a variety of courses for the linguistics major. Her research in laboratory phonology focuses on cross-linguistic investigatio…
The greatest puzzle: Labov's 'Inherent variability of the copula' and its charge to the field
Toward Understanding The N-Words
Commentary| November 01 2019 Toward Understanding The N-Words Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jessica A. Grieser is assistant professor of English linguistics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who researches the role of African American Language in the creation of Black social identities. Her forthcoming monograph examines the role of AAL as a practice of Black place-making in Washington, D.C. Ema…
A Call to Action in Academic Literacy Instruction
Review Article| May 01 2016 A Call to Action in Academic Literacy Instruction Academic Literacy and Student Diversity: The Case for Inclusive Practice. By Winegate, Ursula. Bristol, U.K.: Multilingual Matters, 2015. Pp.vii + 194. ISBN 978-1-78309-348-9; $129.95 (pbk $39.95; ebk $25.00) Jessica Grieser Jessica Grieser Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2016) 91 (2): 262–266. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283…
Toward Understanding The N-Words
Commentary| November 01 2019 Toward Understanding The N-Words Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jessica A. Grieser is assistant professor of English linguistics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who researches the role of African American Language in the creation of Black social identities. Her forthcoming monograph examines the role of AAL as a practice of Black place-making in Washington, D.C. Ema…
Investigating Topic-Based Style Shifting in the Classic Sociolinguistic Interview
This study takes a quantitative approach to exploring topic-based morphosyntactic variation in African American Language (AAL). Using data from 45 speakers from the DCA component of the Corpus of Regional African American Language (CORAAL), stratified for age, gender, and socioeconomic status, this study uses a dialect density measure to compare the rate of AAL morphosyntactic feature use across the topics introduced in these classic sociolinguis…
Overt and Covert Class Critique with African American Language
Research Article| December 01 2022 5. Overt and Covert Class Critique with African American Language Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification, as well a…
Conclusions
Research Article| December 01 2022 7. Conclusions Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification, as well as language online. She is the author of The Black S…
Introduction
Methodology
Research Article| December 01 2022 2. Methodology Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification, as well as language online. She is the author of The Black S…
Classed Stancetaking with African American Language
Research Article| December 01 2022 4. Classed Stancetaking with African American Language Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification, as well as language …
Correctly Black: Final Consonant Devoicing as Black Professional Identity
Research Article| December 01 2022 6. Correctly Black: Final Consonant Devoicing as Black Professional Identity Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrification…
Styling Localness: Quantifying Style Shifting in African American Language
Research Article| December 01 2022 3. Styling Localness: Quantifying Style Shifting in African American Language Jessica A. Grieser Jessica A. Grieser Jessica Grieser is an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. Her research takes discourse analytic and variationist approaches to study the linkages between language and race and place identities, African American Language, and language and gentrificatio…
Black Womanhood: Raciolinguistic Intersections of Gender, Sexuality & Social Status in the Aftermaths of Colonization
In this essay, we highlight the colonial invention of oppositional and binary categories as a dominant form of social sorting and meaning-making in our society. We understand language as a tool for the construction, maintenance, and analysis of these categories. Through language, these categorizations often render those who sit at the margins illegible. We center the Black woman as the prototypical “other,” her condition being interpreted neither…
We’ve seen the future (of teaching linguistics): It’s inclusive and just for everyone
Our session, organized by the LSA’s Special Interest Group on Scholarly Teaching in Linguistics, brought together in-person and online participants for an exploration of linguistics pedagogy as an avenue for sustaining and advancing the continued growth of our field across a variety of academic institution types and student populations – from community colleges, small liberal arts colleges, and Tribal Colleges, to large-scale public and private u…
The greatest puzzle: Labov's 'Inherent variability of the copula' and its charge to the field
Increasing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Linguistics Through Small Teaching
Research Article| May 01 2024 Increasing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Linguistics Through Small Teaching Christina Bjorndahl; Christina Bjorndahl Carnegie Mellon University christina bjorndahl is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, where she teaches a variety of courses for the linguistics major. Her research in laboratory phonology focuses on cross-linguistic investigatio…
The Unbearable Rightness of Me-ing
How Well Do Large Language Models Understand African American Language? Causes and Implications
We focus on studying large language models (LLMs) and their ability to successfully interpret African American Language (AAL) in ways that do not distort the communicative intent of the speakers or writers. We discuss research that quantifies the gap between how well LLMs interpret AAL and how well they interpret White Mainstream English as well as research identifying the causes of this difference. This difference has an impact both on users of …
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