Session 15 – Phonology-Consonants Sociolinguists have occasionally mentioned regressive assimilation of the voiced interdental fricative /ð/ to a preceding consonant as a feature of some vernacular dialects or at least " colloquial " speech. For example, Wolfram and Christian (1976) found tokens of an' nen for " and then " and all le for " all the. " However, there has been very little quantita...

This study investigates the effects of different elicitation methods on the speech of a single speaker of San Francisco English who is participating in a systematic set of vocalic sound changes known as the California Vowel Shift [6]. We contrast data obtained from classic sociolinguistic interview methods with data from self-recordings, as well as data from various methods for eliciting sponta...

Hong Kong English (HKE) has been the subject of a growing body of research over the last few decades. This article presents an overview of research into HKE from both linguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. The first section reviews the linguistic features of HKE at phonological, grammatical and lexical levels as documented in the literature. In the second section of the article, the devel...

BACKGROUND To our knowledge, no study has assessed the validity of family history data provided by probands with adult-onset dystonia. OBJECTIVE To measure the sensitivity and specificity of interviewing patients with primary adult-onset dystonia as a method for obtaining information on dystonia in first-degree relatives. PARTICIPANTS Seventy probands with primary adult-onset dystonia were ...

BACKGROUND The aim was to compare tuberculosis trends in Mexico and United States and to evaluate Mexican diagnostic methods and contact investigation. METHODS Retrospective comparative study of tuberculosis cases and incidence rates between both countries (1990-2010). Diagnostic methods and contact investigations were also evaluated for Mexico. Estimates were obtained from official websites....