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  1. 1. Gende(r) in the Boston Accent: A linguistic analysis of Boston (r) from a gender perspective

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Författare :Jody Fish; [2018]
    Nyckelord : r ; Boston; r-dropping; r-deletion; careful speech; casual speech; non-rhoticity; rhoticity; gender; standardized speech;

    Sammanfattning : The Boston accent is one of the most famous accents in the United States and is known for its non-rhoticity, which essentially means that Bostonians do not normally pronounce their r’s after vowels. While most Boston locals would tell you to ‘pahk the cah ova hea’ when you arrive in the city, not every Bostonian has the same level of non-rhoticity; this variation is due to a number of different factors, but arguably one of the most interesting factors, which this paper focuses on, is gender. LÄS MER