Subject Index 423
Iberian (continental) Spanish 149
identity 3, 7, 9, 163, 194, 198, 254,
261–262, 267, 270, 280, 333, 394, 403
ideology 3, 253–264, 393–394
imitation 10, 267, 379–391
immigrant French 91–132
immigrant 4, 19, 71–89, 91–132, 223,
247, 289, 294, 299, 313
implicit (awareness) see conscious, sub-
conscious, 194, 253–264
Indiana 10, 209
indicator 258
information 135–139
ing~in’ variable (in English) 1
ingroup 262
Inland North (US dialect area) 74, 145,
166
insecurity see linguistic (in)security
intensity 9, 178–179, 315, 318, 321,
331–332
interlangauge 294
internal (factors in language variation
and change) 3, 19–20, 34, 291–292,
334
intonation 73, 96, 103–104, 124–125,
138, 149, 153, 192, 266, 268, 271–272,
276–277, 314, 330–331, 380
intrusive /r/ see /r/ intrusion
Italian 96, 98, 103
Japanese 5, 97–98, 104, 133–175,
177–187, 191–202
Japanese dialects 5–6, 133–175,
177–187, 191–202
Jewish background 141, 145, 160–161
jitter 266, 272, 314
Kansai (western Japanese dialect) 5, 161,
166, 180, 185
Kanto (Japanese dialect) see Tok yo
Kinki (Osaka area Japanese dialect) 5,
191–202
koiné 145
Language Variation and Change 1
lar yngealization 9, 334 –337, 350
liquids 79–80, 84–86
Li ng u ist ic Dat a Con sor t iu m 145 –147,
161, 16 4, 166
linguistic (in)security 195, 253–264
linguistic pro¿ ling 267, 290
linking /r/ see /r/ intrusion
logistic regression 4, 46, 56–57, 60, 65,
181, 196, 280–281, 339–341
Malay 292–293
manner 72–73, 79–80, 84, 86–87
matched-guise 16, 267, 292, 314, 322,
370 –376, 385, 398
media see news broadcasts, 3, 101, 216
mergers 15 – 40, 254–258
merger-by-approximation (versus
merger-by-transfer) 16–17
merger-by-transfer (versus merger-by-
approximation) 16–17
Mexican American English 4, 71–89
Michigan (US) English 4, 208–210,
241–252, 259
Michigan (US) vowels 6–7, 10, 71–89,
223–239, 241–252, 260–261
Mid-Atlantic (US dialect area) 211–212
Middle English (front vowels) 3–4, 15–40
mobility 6, 75, 93, 209–211, 213, 215
monitoring see observer’s paradox
monotonization 268–275
mora 97, 158, 164–165, 178, 191–193,
195, 198, 201
morpheme boundary 41–42, 63–64,
179 –180, 192
mountain Spanish 144, 147, 161, 166
Mountain West (US dialect area) 16
multidimensional scaling 212–213
nai-negation (Japanese) 136, 142, 149,
151–152, 157
nasal 7, 71, 79–84, 86–88, 254, 258, 331
nasalization 331
near merger 3–4, 15 – 40
NEG (negation) 5, 133–175
network 3, 94, 393
Newcastle upon Tyne see Tyne side
New England 16, 164, 211–212
New York City English 16, 124, 141,
160 –161, 401