A Reader in Sociophonetics

156 Malcah Yaeger-Dror, Tania Granadillo, Shoji Takano, and Lauren Hall-Lew

4.1 Situation

First the newscasts were run separately for each language group; newscast
NEG were pitch prominent greater than half the time for both English and

Table 5.6 Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Different Factor Groups: Aside from

“Situation,” All Comparisons Are for CF Data

FACTOR GP SIGNIFICANCE SPA N I SH JAPANESE N. ENGLISH S. ENGLISH

Situation^20 Stance N>CF N>CF N >CF —

Morphology

cf. Table 5.4

Full/clitic — Vb>Adj F>c F>c

Footing

cf. Table 5.5

SIR ns S>I>R S>I>R S>I>R

SPosition E(nd) vs. o(ther) — o>E o>E o>E

Sex M F F>M M ~F* F>M F>M

Region^21 (See Table 5.1) Cos>Ser Tok~Ho* W>nc>y>E S>A

Table 5.7 Comparing Goldvarb Factor Weights for Applications (= NEG prominence)
Cross-Linguistically in the CF Calls That Have Been Analyzed
FACTOR GP SIGNIFICANCE SPA N I SH JAPANESE ENGLISH
Situation - N>CF
.55>.38
Morphology Vb>Adj
Cf. Tables
5.4ejs

Factor Wts - .54>.38 -

Position .62>.48(S)

EndOther Factor Wts. - .41<.64 .59>.49 (all)

Footing SIR ns S>I>R .71>.52>.495 (S)

cf. Table 5.5 Factor Wts .93>.47>.44 .66>.50<.52 (all)

Sex M/F F>M M~F* F>M>GayMen

Factor Wts .73>.25 .59~.49>.26

Region^21 Cost>Ser Tok~Ho* W>nc>S>y>E>A

Factor Wt s .62>.27 .62>.61>.53>.5>.47>.43

N.B.: Symbols and abbreviations as in Table 5.6.

* As in previous tables, there is a three way confound for Japanese CF speakers with

age, sex, and region. There is, similarly, a confound for age in the CF conversations.