Stop Signs: The Intersection of Interdental Fricatives and Identity in Newfoundland
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Investigating local linguistic norms to discover larger patterns of language behaviour has been standard practice in sociolinguistic study. Looking closely at socially salient variables reveals patterns that problematize accepted trajectories of variation as traditional and newly emerging sociolinguistic identities interact. This paper integrates findings from multiple complementary projects to describe the forces influencing the stopping of interdental fricatives (dis ting for this thing), a highly salient marker of Newfoundland English, in and around St. John’s, the province’s major city. The iconic status of stopping to both locals and non-locals (Clarke 1991) makes it an ideal venue to empirically investigate language change, agency, and identity.
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