Variation in the Iraq Vowels Outside the Public Forum
The Indexing of Political Persuasion Reconsidered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7627251 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David J Silva, Sharon A Peters (The University of Texas at Arlington), Fahad Ben Duhaish (The University of Texas at Arlington), Sok-Hun Kim (The University of Texas at Arlington), Yilmin Koo (The University of Texas at Arlington), Lana Marji (The University of Texas at Arlington), Junsuk Park, Jun-Suk Park (The University of Texas at Arlington) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 179-191 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00031283-1337001 |
| OpenAlex | W2081248522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
This study investigates the association between speakers' personal attributes, such as political stance or military experience, and their variable pronunciations of Iraq/Iran, as elicited through a rapid anonymous survey. For both target items, speakers' choice of variant appears to be associated not with political affiliation but with two other factors: ability to speak a second language and military service. English speakers who report being able to speak a foreign language are more likely to employ a variant more aligned with the source language, [irɑ:k]/[irɑ:n], while those with a record of military service tend toward the Americanized variants, [ajræk]/ [ajræn]. These results suggest that while specific variants might index political attitude in contexts where the construction of a particular political identity is desirable, in the absence of such a context, speakers' choice of variant is governed primarily by experiential factors
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |