{"title":"Bisexuality in experimental sociophonetics","authors":"Chloe Willis","doi":"10.1075/jls.00030.wil","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n The belief that there is a relationship between sexuality and speech has inspired a vast body of linguistic\n research on lesbian- and gay-sounding voices (Campbell-Kibler 2007, Gaudio 1994, Levon 2006, Moonwomon-Baird 1997, Munson, McDonald, DeBoe & White\n 2006a, Munson, Jefferson & McDonald 2006b, Pierrehumbert, Bent, Munson, Bradlow & Bailey 2004, Smyth, Jacobs\n & Rogers 2003, Zimman 2013). Bisexuality is conspicuously absent in this\n literature. This article analyzes bisexual English speakers’ productions of the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ relative to\n lesbian, gay, and straight speakers using linear mixed-effects regression modeling. A qualitative analysis of post-test\n participant information surveys contextualizes the statistical findings. The quantitative and qualitative results suggest that\n bisexual women and men do not pattern consistently with each other or lesbian, gay, or straight speakers. The analysis highlights\n the extent to which ideologies of sexuality, gender, and normativity inform experimental sociophonetic research practice.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":"373 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00030.wil","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The belief that there is a relationship between sexuality and speech has inspired a vast body of linguistic
research on lesbian- and gay-sounding voices (Campbell-Kibler 2007, Gaudio 1994, Levon 2006, Moonwomon-Baird 1997, Munson, McDonald, DeBoe & White
2006a, Munson, Jefferson & McDonald 2006b, Pierrehumbert, Bent, Munson, Bradlow & Bailey 2004, Smyth, Jacobs
& Rogers 2003, Zimman 2013). Bisexuality is conspicuously absent in this
literature. This article analyzes bisexual English speakers’ productions of the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ relative to
lesbian, gay, and straight speakers using linear mixed-effects regression modeling. A qualitative analysis of post-test
participant information surveys contextualizes the statistical findings. The quantitative and qualitative results suggest that
bisexual women and men do not pattern consistently with each other or lesbian, gay, or straight speakers. The analysis highlights
the extent to which ideologies of sexuality, gender, and normativity inform experimental sociophonetic research practice.
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