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“I ain’t Never Been Charged with Nothing!”: The Use of Falsetto Speech as a Linguistic Strategy of Indignation (2010)
Nielsen, R. (2010). “I ain’t never been charged with nothing!”: The use of falsetto speech as a linguistic strategy of indignation. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: 15(2), 111-121. https://repository.upenn.edu/pwpl/vol15/iss2/13 This study examined the speech of a fourteen-year-old DC native named Michael with regards to his use of falsetto during the sociolinguistic interview. Nielsen aimed […]
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Discourse on Southeast’s Bad Reputation: Positioning of African Americans in Washington, D.C.
Lee, S. (2018). Discourse on Southeast’s bad reputation: Positioning of African Americans in Washington, D.C. Discourse & Society, 29(4), 420–435. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926518778901 This study examines the interview discourse of five African American speakers in Washington, D.C., particularly paying attention to their discussions on issues surrounding a marginalized section of the city, namely, Southeast. The study provides […]
