Several Socio Lab members are taking their research to the 54th News Ways of Analyzing Variation conference, to be held in Montréal from October 22nd-24th, 2026. For more information on these projects, see the abstracts linked below:
Jess Shepherd and Betsy Sneller will present “Domain-narrowing of a variable phonological rule in parent-to-child transmission.”
Adam Barnhardt will present “The development of style in adolescence and its implications for theories of sound change.” [ABSTRACT]
Annan Kirk will present “‘Kinda took it easy yet‘: non-polar yet in Michigan English.” [ABSTRACT]
Connor Bechler will present “UHM in Michigan English: Variation as a Lens on the Grammar.” [ABSTRACT]
Drake Howard will present “Underspecified singular they and pronoun switch in the MI Diaries Corpus.” [ABSTRACT]
