A West Virginia University study of American English and Spanish speakers’ pronunciation of certain consonants could change linguists’ understanding of how people learn to speak. In prior research, ...

You have an accent. Regardless of where you grew up and learned to talk, you speak a dialect. Your accent may not be as conspicuous or as stigmatized as some, but we all have specific pronunciations ...

The researchers suggest that these changes reflect Swift’s desire to be part of those communities. “I was one of those people ...