Feeling disabled

Vowel quality and assistive hearing devices in embodying affect

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ID2862226
AuthorsTsung-Lun Alan Wan (0000-0001-8265-5323, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Lauren Hall-Lew (0000-0003-3111-0352, University of Edinburgh), Claire Cowie (0000-0001-9268-358X, University of Edinburgh)
Year2024
Volume53
Issue1
Pages71-97
Publication date2024-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage in Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047404522000380
OpenAlexW4294682342
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited62

Previous research has proposed that phonetic variation may index affect prior to indexing other social meanings. This study explores whether the affective indexicality of vowels identified in previous studies can also be observed among deaf or hard-of-hearing speakers, in this case, speakers of Taiwan Mandarin. The results suggest that /i/ backing is invoked to signal negative affect. This study also demonstrates how assistive devices like hearing aids and cochlear implants can be considered semiotic resources. For deaf or hard-of-hearing speakers, assistive hearing devices enter into a process of bricolage with linguistic and other symbolic resources, generating new potentials for the embodiment of affect. (Affect, iconicity, Taiwan Mandarin, embodied sociolinguistics, deafness

Affect (linguistics) · Audiology · Embodied cognition · Feeling · Gesture · Iconicity · Indexicality · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Medicine · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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