Variation in the Scottish BIT vowel: Comparing two corpora

Lauren Hall-Lew; Zuzana Elliott Slosarova; Jessica Göbel; Claire Cowie; Nina Markl

Variation in the Scottish BIT vowel: Comparing two corpora

Lauren Hall-Lew, Zuzana Elliott Slosarova, Jessica Göbel, Claire Cowie, Nina Markl

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Abstract

We analyse variation in the Scottish BIT vowel as produced by men from different birth years and social classes. An analysis of two Edinburgh-based speech corpora allows for a comparison of white Scottish men born between 1899 and 1996. The results indicate that BIT may be raising over time among New Middle Class and Working Class speakers. However, the conclusion is complicated by differences between the two corpora, including recording technology, addressee, register, and topic. These are just as likely to account for the patterns in BIT F1 found with respect to corpora and social class group. The paper calls for further work on the social and stylistic differences between corpora used in real time studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Editors	Radek Skarnitzl, Jan Volín
Place of Publication	Prague
Publisher	Guarant International
Pages	3681-3685
ISBN (Electronic)	9788090811423
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2023
Event	20th International Conference of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) - Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 7 Aug 2023 → 11 Aug 2023 https://www.icphs2023.org/

Conference

Conference	20th International Conference of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS)
Abbreviated title	ICPhS 2023
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	7/08/23 → 11/08/23
Internet address	https://www.icphs2023.org/

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sociophonics
social class
style
vowels

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5 Finished

Our Stories, Ourselves: Narratives of Covid-19 from Edinburgh and the Lothians
Hall-Lew, L. (Principal Investigator)
UK-based charities
1/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
PPLS Covid Recovery Research Fund
Hall-Lew, L. (Principal Investigator)
17/05/21 → 16/11/21
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Recording Life during a Pandemic: The Lothian Video Diary Project
Cowie, C. (Principal Investigator)
ESRC
1/11/20 → 30/11/20
Project: Research

2 Article
1 Special issue

Imagining the city in lockdown: Place in the COVID-19 self-recordings of the Lothian Diary Project
Cowie, C., Hall-Lew, L., Elliott, Z., Klingler, A., Markl, N. & McNulty, S. J., 5 Dec 2022, In: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. 5
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
The Lothian Diary Project: Sociolinguistic methods during the COVID-19 lockdown
Hall-Lew, L., Cowie, C., Lai, C., Markl, N., McNulty, S., Liu, S.-J. S., Llewellyn, C., Alex, B., Elliott Slosarova, Z. & Klingler, A., 1 Mar 2022, In: Linguistics Vanguard. 8, S3, p. 321-330 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
The Lothian Diary Project: Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Edinburgh and Lothian residents
Hall-Lew, L., Cowie, C., McNulty, S. J., Markl, N., Liu, S., Lai, C., Llewellyn, C., Alex, B., Fang, N., Elliott Slosarova, Z. & Klingler, A., 16 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Open Humanities Data. 7, p. 1-5 5 p., 4.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

Open Access
File

Lothian Diaries Dataset 1 (May-September 2020)
Hall-Lew, L. (Creator), Cowie, C. (Data Collector), Lai, C. (Data Manager), Liu, S. (Data Collector), Markl, N. (Data Collector), McNulty, S. (Data Collector), Symington, B. (Data Collector), Llewellyn, C. (Data Collector), Fang, N. (Data Collector), Elliott Slosarova, Z. (Data Collector), Klingler, A. (Data Collector) & Hall-Lew, L. (Owner), Edinburgh DataVault, 30 Sept 2022
DOI: 10.7488/7a22cc4b-87ec-4df3-a549-3b347fd4bca5
Dataset
The Lothian Diary Project - Oct 2020
Fang, N. (Creator), Lai, C. (Creator), Llewellyn, C. (Creator), Elliott slosarova, Z. (Creator), Klingler, A. (Creator), Hall-Lew, L. (Creator), Cowie, C. (Creator), McNulty, S. (Creator), Markl, N. (Creator) & Liu, S. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 30 Mar 2021
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3009
Dataset

An oral history of the pandemic and the Lothian Diary Project, in conversation with Lauren Hall-Lew
Hall-Lew, L.
22/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other

5 Oral presentation
2 Invited talk
1 Providing oral or written evidence for non-academic board, committee, working group or advisory panel

Our Stories, Ourselves: Narratives of Covid-19 from Edinburgh and the Lothians
Hall-Lew, L. (Invited speaker)
7 Feb 2024
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Lothian Lockdown: The Lothian Diary Project
Hall-Lew, L. (Invited speaker)
18 Apr 2022
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Stable variation and the formality of pandemic discourse: The Scottish BIT vowel
Hall-Lew, L. (Speaker), Göbel, J. (Speaker), Markl, N. (Contributor), Lai, C. (Contributor), McNulty, S. (Contributor) & Elliott Slosarova, Z. (Contributor)
20 Oct 2021
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

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Hall-Lew, L, Elliott Slosarova, Z, Göbel, J, Cowie, C & Markl, N 2023, Variation in the Scottish BIT vowel: Comparing two corpora. in R Skarnitzl & J Volín (eds), Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences., 740, Guarant International, Prague, pp. 3681-3685, 20th International Conference of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Prague, Czech Republic, 7/08/23. <https://guarant.cz/icphs2023/740.pdf>

Variation in the Scottish BIT vowel: Comparing two corpora. / Hall-Lew, Lauren; Elliott Slosarova, Zuzana; Göbel, Jessica et al.
Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. ed. / Radek Skarnitzl; Jan Volín. Prague: Guarant International, 2023. p. 3681-3685 740.

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