Learning new neopronouns or task adaptation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22159665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emilia Pike-Acosta (Swarthmore College), Juyeon Seo (Swarthmore College), Vic Wen (Swarthmore College), Finn Verdonk (Swarthmore College), Kirby Conrod (0000-0003-4401-0326, Swarthmore College) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5952 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2473-8689 • E-ISSN: 2473-8689 |
| Publisher | Linguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3765/plsa.v10i1.5952 |
| OpenAlex | W4410728522 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
English neopronouns have been reported difficult to learn or use because of their low frequency, and because pronouns are a closed category, and are rated below ceiling in acceptability surveys. Hekanaho (2022) reports that metalinguistic commentary about neopronouns includes themes of prescriptivism, unfamiliarity, ‘weirdness,’ and confusion. In this study, we examine whether exposure to neopronouns during a survey increased acceptability ratings. Neopronouns were rated higher when seen later in the survey. We analyze metalinguistic comments from the survey in which participants report their experiences in the survey as educational or instructive, suggesting that some order effects may be reflective of actual learning
Cognitive psychology · Computer Science · Engineering · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Neuroscience · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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