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Each p[ɚ]son does it th[ɛː] way: Rhoticity variation and the community grammar (2019)
Journal Article
Blaxter, T., Beeching, K., Coates, R., Murphy, J., & Robinson, E. (2019). Each p[ɚ]son does it th[ɛː] way: Rhoticity variation and the community grammar. Language Variation and Change, 31(1), 91-117. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954394519000048

This paper examines individual differences in constraints on linguistic variation in light of Labov’s (2007) proposal that adult change (diffusion) disrupts systems of constraints and Tamminga, MacKenzie, and Embick’s (2016) typology of constraints.... Read More about Each p[ɚ]son does it th[ɛː] way: Rhoticity variation and the community grammar.

Introduction: Strategic uses of politeness formulae. Analytical approaches and theoretical accounts (2019)
Journal Article
Beeching, K., & Murphy, J. (2019). Introduction: Strategic uses of politeness formulae. Analytical approaches and theoretical accounts. Journal of Pragmatics, 142, 201-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2019.01.027

This essay introduces the special issue of the Journal of Pragmatics, co-edited by Beeching and Murphy, entitled Doing (mock) im/politeness.

Apologies in French and English: An insight into conventionalisation and im/politeness (2019)
Journal Article
Beeching, K. (2019). Apologies in French and English: An insight into conventionalisation and im/politeness. Journal of Pragmatics, 142, 281-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2019.01.014

© 2019 This paper argues that a cross-linguistic study of the lexical semantics of terms used to apologise in English and French can shed light on the conventionalisation of (mock) politeness. Despite the long historical interdependence between the t... Read More about Apologies in French and English: An insight into conventionalisation and im/politeness.