Berkeley linguists @ NWAV53

November 4, 2025

The following Berkeley linguists will be presenting their research at the 53rd annual conference New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV), taking place November 5-7, 2025, at the University of Michigan. The full program is available here.

  • Nicole Holliday: "Accent Translation" AI Fails to Generate "Standard English" Intonational Patterns

  • Julian Vargo: "Acoustical Diphthongal Trajectory Variation in Hispanic Californian English"

  • Julian Vargo and Akul Shivkumar: "Multidimensional Vowel Dispersion as a Cue to Stylistic Variation"

  • Becky Everson and Kamogelo "Blade" Mokgosi: "Linguistic Elicitation and Style in a Language Documentation Context: Variable Click Production in Tjhauba"

  • Sarah Ertel: "Prevelar Movement in Eastern Washington English"