1. PHONETIC VARIATIONS LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY LNGN-230-01 FALL 2014 Created by:

2. FOCUS  We interviewed two males with distinct phonetic features  Both interviewees had different phonetic features that changed from SAE depending on their language variety  There was only one feature that was found in both transcriptions. However, there was a very large difference between the number of times it was said

3. QUESTIONS  We asked a series of questions that had to do with marriage; specifically, how they felt about arranged versus love marriages  We also asked if they could describe what they look for in a partner or what traits are important for them (such as religion, ethnicity, education, etc.)

4. INTERVIEWEE #1  Male; late 30s; immigrant to the U.S. from Haiti  Strong variations of /w ɹ / instead of / ɹ /  Slight variations of /d/ instead of /ð/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxb8Wc9hpDg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxb8Wc9hpDg

6. INTERVIEWEE #2  Male; early 20s; born in the Bronx; raised in Manhattan and then in Newark, NJ  Strong variations of /d/ instead of /ð/  Slight variations of /f/ instead of /θ/ and /f/ instead of /ð/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s_DzHrpzCg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s_DzHrpzCg

9. EXAMPLES OF PHONETIC VARIATIONS *SAE TRANSCRIPTIONS BASED ON HTTP://LINGORADO.COM/IPA/ Haitian IPASAE* vɛwɹivɛwɹiv ɛ ri (very) w ɹɪ lir ɪ li (really) dədə ði (the) v ʌ w ɹ a ɪ tiv ə ra ɪ ə ti (variety) Bronx/Manhattan IPASAE* dʌdʌ ði (the) dætsðæts (that’s) wɪfwɪfw ɪ ð (with) bo ʊ fbo ʊ θ (both)

10. INTERESTING SINGLE VARIATIONS FOR BRONX/MANHATTAN ENGLISH *SAE TRANSCRIPTIONS BASED ON HTTP://LINGORADO.COM/IPA/ IPASAE* bæ ɹ nb ɔ rn (born) mæhæ- ɪ n mænhæt ə n (Manhattan) sʌ-ɪnsʌ-ɪns ʌ mθ ɪ ŋ (something) po ʊ sd' ʌ s ə po ʊ zd tu (supposed to)

11. POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THESE VARIATIONS  Interviewee #1: Haitian English Variation:  Haiti official languages: French, Haitian Creole  Learned SAE before coming to the U.S.  Phonological features of French / Haitian Creole could affect his pronunciation when speaking English  Interviewee #2: Bronx/Manhattan English:  Possible use of AAVE phonological features (with SAE grammatical structure)  Age  Place(s) he lived could factor into some of the ways he pronounces some words