University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics
Abstract
Using an apparent time approach and acoustic phonetic analysis, this study provides the first description of sociolinguistic variation in the realizations of the short-front vowels in Hawaiʻi English. We demonstrate that the realizations of the short-front vowels in Hawaiʻi are conditioned by speaker sex and age, and whether an individual self-identifies as a speaker of Pidgin. We argue that the differences between the vowel realizations of Pidgin and non-Pidgin speakers are likely to be at least partially socially-motivated.
Recommended Citation
Drager, Katie; Kirtley, M. Joelle; Grama, James; and Simpson, Sean
(2013)
"Language Variation and Change in Hawai’i English: KIT, DRESS, and TRAP,"
University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: Vol. 19
:
Iss.
2
, Article 6.
Available at:
https://repository.upenn.edu/pwpl/vol19/iss2/6