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The acoustics of three-way lateral and nasal palatalisation contrasts in Scottish Gaelic by Nance, Claire, Kirkham, Sam

“…This paper presents an acoustic description of laterals and nasals in an endangered minority language, Scottish Gaelic (known as “Gaelic”). Gaelic sonorants…”
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Intersectionality and the social meanings of variation: Class, ethnicity, and social practice by Kirkham, Sam

“…This article examines how the social meanings of phonetic variation in a British adolescent community are influenced by a complex relationship between…”
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Dynamic acoustic-articulatory relations in back vowel fronting: Examining the effects of coda consonants in two dialects of British English by Gorman, Emily, Kirkham, Sam

“…This study examines dynamic acoustic-articulatory relations in back vowels, focusing on the effect of different coda consonants on acoustic-articulatory…”
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Ethnicity and phonetic variation in Sheffield English liquids by Kirkham, Sam

“…This article reports a study of acoustic phonetic variation between ethnic groups in the realisation of the British English liquids /l/ and /ɹ/. Data are…”
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Diachronic phonological asymmetries and the variable stability of synchronic contrast by Kirkham, Sam, Nance, Claire

“…•Secondary palatalisation contrasts vary in diachronic stability across sonorants.•We investigate the synchronic stability of secondary palatalisation…”
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Constructing multiculturalism at school: Negotiating tensions in talk about ethnic diversity by Kirkham, Sam

“…Recent trends in British education policy have led to an increased focus on promoting ethnic diversity in schools, as well as greater parental involvement in…”
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An acoustic-articulatory study of bilingual vowel production: Advanced tongue root vowels in Twi and tense/lax vowels in Ghanaian English by Kirkham, Sam, Nance, Claire

“…•We compare the Twi [ATR] and Ghanaian English [TENSE] contrasts in bilinguals.•We also report data from British English speakers producing the [TENSE]…”
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A typology of laterals in twelve English dialects by Kirkham, Sam, Turton, Danielle, Leemann, Adrian

“…Allophonic patterns of variation in English laterals have been well studied in phonetics and phonology for decades, but establishing broad generalizations…”
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Constructing social meaning in political discourse: Phonetic variation and verb processes in Ed Miliband's speeches by Kirkham, Sam, Moore, Emma

“…This article investigates how variation across different levels of linguistic structure indexes ideological alignments in political talk. We analyse two…”
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Towards a dynamical model of English vowels. Evidence from diphthongisation by Strycharczuk, Patrycja, Kirkham, Sam, Gorman, Emily, Nagamine, Takayuki

“…•Diphthongisation is gradient in Northern Anglo-English in acoustics and articulation.•Canonical diphthongs and some gradiently diphthongised vowels clearly…”
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Dialect variation in formant dynamics: The acoustics of lateral and vowel sequences in Manchester and Liverpool English by Kirkham, Sam, Nance, Claire, Littlewood, Bethany, Lightfoot, Kate, Groarke, Eve

“…This study analyses the time-varying acoustics of laterals and their adjacent vowels in Manchester and Liverpool English. Generalized additive mixed-models…”
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Erratum to “An acoustic-articulatory study of bilingual vowel production: Advanced tongue root vowels in Twi and tense/lax vowels in Ghanaian English” [J. Phon. 62 (2017) 65–81] by Kirkham, Sam, Nance, Claire

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Intonational Variation in the North-West of England: The Origins of a Rising Contour in Liverpool by Nance, Claire, Kirkham, Sam, Lightfoot, Kate, Carroll, Luke

“…This paper investigates intonation in the urban dialect of Liverpool, Scouse. Scouse is reported to be part of a group of dialects in the north of the UK where…”
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Personal style and epistemic stance in classroom discussion by Kirkham, Sam

“…This article reports on an analysis of stance-taking in the university classroom, examining how students position themselves in relation to academic knowledge…”
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Acquiring allophonic structure and phonetic detail in a bilingual community: The production of laterals by Sylheti-English bilingual children by Kirkham, Sam, McCarthy, Kathleen M.

“…Aims and objectives: In this study, we consider the acquisition of allophonic contrast and phonetic detail in lateral consonants by second-generation…”
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Scaling laws for nonlinear dynamical models of speech by Kirkham, Sam

“…The addition of a nonlinear restoring force to dynamical models of the speech gesture significantly improves the empirical accuracy of model predictions, but…”
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Ethnicity, social practice and phonetic variation in a sheffield secondary school by Kirkham, Sam

“…This dissertation is an ethnographic study of phonetic variation and social practice in a multiethnic secondary school in Sheffield, UK. I analyse the use of…”
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Towards a dynamical model of English vowels. Evidence from diphthongisation by Strycharczuk, Patrycja, Kirkham, Sam, Gorman, Emily, Nagamine, Takayuki

“…Diphthong vowels exhibit a degree of inherent dynamic change, the extent of which can vary synchronically and diachronically, such that diphthong vowels can…”
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