Four native-born residents from different neighborhoods talk to a sociolinguist and documentary filmmaker who have studied the city's signature speech patterns. ❋ Lana Bortolot (2011)
As an sociolinguist, I can tell you there is no such thing as ‘American’ English, and vocabulary varies based on regional differences just like anywhere else. ❋ Unknown (2008)
An undergrad professor of mine (sociolinguist) felt that these quick changes are probably due to “misuse” (neo-use?) in the popular media. ❋ Unknown (2008)
We assume this, anyway, because The New York Times billed the program as "a face-to-face, word-to-word confrontation," and even though Bly insisted at the outset that this was just typical media exaggeration, what else could account for the sellout crowd to hear a discussion between a mythic poet and a sociolinguist? ❋ Unknown (2008)
The sociolinguist says a true apology has four parts: admitting fault, showing remorse, acknowledging damage and indicating how it will be repaired. ❋ Unknown (2007)
A University of Toronto sociolinguist finds that fewer Canadians are using a certain monosyllabic Canadian codeword these days. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I happily carry barbs from a housemate (a computational linguist) to a senior colleague (a sociolinguist). ❋ Unknown (2007)
Thus the native speaker of the grammarian would be different from the native speaker of the sociolinguist or the educationalist. ❋ Unknown (2004)
But according to John Singler, a sociolinguist and chair of the New York University linguistics department, any word can evolve in the way "f___" has. ❋ Unknown (1999)
"I consider that African languages today are among the least free in the world," says Zairean sociolinguist Mwatha Ngalasso. ❋ Unknown (1996)
Finally, sociolinguist Alexandra D'Arcy has begun a monthly column at the Oxford University Press blog. ❋ Neal (2010)
I too encourage students to use cognitive rather than affective verbs in most contexts, but my sociolinguist mate directed me to the OED, which indicates that ❋ Unknown (2010)
On this issue, the sociolinguist William Labov has argued that narratives require certain essential elements of structure which, when absent, render the narrative 'ill-formed'. ❋ Geniusroi (2010)
I'm a sociolinguist specializing in endangered languages and language planning. ❋ Unknown (2009)
As a sociolinguist, let me remind you that Cornish and Manx are "revived", just as you recognize it, so they have speakers, so they are living languages. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Also, a sociolinguist told me a couple years ago that something approaching half of the population of the United States now used y’all, largely due to demographic growth in the southern parts of the country, but also with a bit of northward migration of the pronoun. ❋ Unknown (2008)
