Dear Julie,

 

This reminds me that I read an article on the Queen’s changing pronunciation a couple of years ago, and now I found this on the Internet:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9280753/The-Queens-English-changes-through-the-years.html

 

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160202-has-the-queen-become-frightfully-common

 

http://web.stanford.edu/class/linguist1/Rdgs/QueenSpk.pdf

 

Best

 

Claudine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear colleagues,

 

Does any of you know of a study of the stylistic variation that characterizes the language of a politician (ideally Obama, preferably American)?  I’ve been hoping to find such a study about Obama for my undergraduate introduction to sociolinguistics but have failed.  I have found interesting studies about how Oprah’s speech varies depending on the social characteristics of the guest she is introducing, how the pronunciation of Irak(ian) is connected to a politician’s convictions, and how Condolezza Rice’s speech reflects her complex personal history.  I also have found Alim & Smitherman’s 2012 book, Articulate while Black, which will be extremely useful in preparing myself for this class.  But my research has failed to uncover a short article that would be appropriate reading in my class.  If you have any suggestions, that would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

Sincerely,

 

                                Julie

 

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