15.697, Media: Linguistics on the Playground

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-15-697. Wed Feb 25 2004. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 15.697, Media: Linguistics on the Playground

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Date:  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:40:44 -0600
From:  Lee Hartman <lhartman at siu.edu>
Subject:  Linguistics in the media

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Date:  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:40:44 -0600
From:  Lee Hartman <lhartman at siu.edu>
Subject:  Linguistics in the media

Dear Linguist List:

On February 23, the U.S.'s National Public Radio program "All Things
Considered" carried a feature, "Linguistics on the Playground," about
sociophonetic research by Stanford professor Penelope Eckert:  vowel
fronting among adolescent girls in Palo Alto.

Hear the item in audio form at
<http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1693373>

Lee Hartman
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

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