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Researchers analyze shifts in Taylor Swift’s dialect
A University of Minnesota study found Taylor Swift altered her accent and lowered her voice pitch to reflect regional dialects and signal authority during her career.
- Scientists analyzed years of interviews with Taylor Swift to observe how her dialect changed over time as she moved between regions.
- After comparing measurements across Swift's different eras, researchers saw changes in how she pronounced vowels consistent with adopting a Southern dialect in Nashville and then losing those features when returning to Philadelphia.
- While in Nashville, Swift's fronting of the /u/ vowel was much more exaggerated, confirming she was adopting a Southern accent, the study authors said.
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Suddenly the Swabian says »Moin«. Depending on the region in which they live, people change their language and their pronunciation. Researchers have investigated the reasons, using the example of the superstar Taylor Swift.
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Scientists analyzed years of interviews with Taylor Swift to track how dialects evolve | News Channel 3-12
By Amarachi Orie, CNN Day-one fans of Taylor Swift know that the pop superstar has come a long way since launching her music career as a country singer — and that evolution is apparent in her dialect, according to speech scientists. From Tennessee to Pennsylvania to New York, the career of the 14-time Grammy award winner has taken her “in and out of communities that have distinct regional or socio-cultural dialects,” two researchers from the Uni…
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