Open AccessBegging for bags: BAG-raising and prescriptive ideologies in Spokane Washington
Author(s) -
Drew Crosby,
Amanda Dalola
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
proceedings of the linguistic society of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2473-8689
DOI - 10.3765/plsa.v5i1.4714
Subject(s) - raising (metalworking) , begging , ideology , psychology , political science , social psychology , engineering , law , politics , mechanical engineering
Prevelar raising, the raising of /æ/ and /ɛ/ before /g/ and /ŋ/, has been noted during the last decade as a feature of Pacific Northwest English (PNWE). Previous research has focused mainly on gender and age as predictors, revealing a complex interplay that generally points to a decline in usage among younger generations. The present research reveals contradictory findings and identifies a novel category in the debate—speaker attitude towards the variable—which is found to condition it more robustly than other established predictors.