McCarthy, Natalie Jean
(2007)
The Northern Cities Shift and Local Identity in a Suburban Cleveland Group.
Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
This study examines the use of the Northern Cities Shift (NCS) and local identity in a group of speakers from the Cleveland, Ohio area. Members of a suburban recreation center participated in audio recorded interviews, during which they answered questions about their personal background, their consumption practices, and their leisure activities, and engaged in conversation about their opinions and memories of the Cleveland area. Local identity was then scored using an identity index modeled after that in Kiesling, et al. (2005). A more locally loyal interview topic received a higher point value, while a less locally loyal topic received a lower point value. The sum of these values formed an overall identity score. Tokens of both (aeh) and (e) were gathered from each speaker's interview. Tokens of (o), (oh), (ey), and (iy) were also gathered as reference points within the vowel space of each speaker; these tokens were measured in a controlled, pre-fricative or alveolar stop environment. Using a Praat script, first and second formant measurements were gathered within the first third of each token. These measurements were then normalized. Using multiple regression, the vowel measurements were modeled based on the identity score and other social factors, including sex and age, and linguistic internal factors. This produced no statistically significant results. However, several subsections of the overall identity score were found to be statistically significant.
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| Item Type: |
University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| McCarthy, Natalie Jean | njm23@pitt.edu | NJM23 | |
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| Date: |
19 September 2007 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
25 July 2007 |
| Approval Date: |
19 September 2007 |
| Submission Date: |
6 August 2007 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Linguistics |
| Degree: |
MA - Master of Arts |
| Thesis Type: |
Master's Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
attitudes; change; Cleveland; dialect; identity; Northern Cities Shift; variation |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-08062007-140652/, etd-08062007-140652 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:57 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:48 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8930 |
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