When you're drunk, your cognitive abilities decline soo that you actually can't necessarily manage that at the same level that you would if you were sober. So alcohol can cause sort of a loosening of some of the pieces of your vocal tract. That's why you get slurrd sord speech. Youl lose some control. I tried to find a good movie clip with a drunk southerner here, but i just started going down rabbit holes of drunk people like barfing on youtube,. Anyway, i wanted to ask her so many more questions, but she had a heart out and l a memorial day traffic is the devil's evening board game. And i'm so sorry. What
Alie is delirious with the flu, so it’s an encore presentation of a favorite episode. If you slept on this when it first aired, get into Phonology now. Vocal fry. Code switching. Black Twitter. Valley girls. Culture vultures. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TALKING. Alie battles traffic to sit down with linguistics professor Dr. Nicole Holliday about intonational phonology: how tones and pitch help us bond with others and construct identities. Inspired in part by former President Barack Obama's masterful linguistic variability, Dr. Holliday's work focuses on how language is used in the crossing and construction of racial/ethnic boundaries. She graciously fielded tons of questions for a fascinating dive into the nuances and strict grammatical rules of African American Language, cultural appropriation, our educational system, honoring your identity, what not to wear in Paris and the roiling debate over who is the best rapper. Also: Alie is maybe a lizard person.
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