LK, 11. maj 2026

[Lingvistični krožek]

LINGVISTIČNI KROŽEK JANEZA OREŠNIKA
vabi na 1264. sestanek

v ponedeljek, 11. maja 2026, ob 18:00
v predavalnici 325 v 3. nadstropju Filozofske fakultete.

Predaval bo:
Izred. prof. dr.  Christopher Strelluf
(Oddelek za uporabno jezikoslovje, Univerza v Warwicku, VB)

Tema predavanja:

Donald Trump lowers THOUGHT: Lifespan and situational variation and change in Trump's New York City English vowels (Donald Trump izgovarja vokal v besedah tipa THOUGHT nižje: Situacijsko variiranje in spreminjanje izgovorjave vokalov newyorške angleščine v teku Trumpovega življenja) 

Povzetek: Donald Trump’s lifelong navigation of national celebrity in the United States presents an opportunity to bring together research strands exploring (a) lifespan language change and (b) politicians’ selection of variants to present public identities. Trump’s home dialect of New York City English (NYCE) provides indexicalities for Trump to draw upon for image curation--for instance to highlight “New Yorker” identity or project qualities of toughness. But NYCE may also be sociolinguistically marked as incongruous with attainment of high social status, and traditional NYCE features are generally receding among New Yorkers--both factors that could encourage shift away from NYCE. Using a corpus of public speech events from 1980 to 2023, along with a corpus of all Trump's speech in the Apprentice, this project identifies areas of stability and change in Trump's NYCE vowels. I explore implications of these findings for the relative power of persona curation vs Labovian linguistic insecurity in adult lifespan sound change.

Predavanje bo v angleščini. Vabljeni tudi študentje.

Za predsedstvo:
Marina Zorman