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Kara Becker

Associate Professor of Linguistics

Reed College

Affiliations

Department Of Strategic Communication

History and Social Sciences

History

Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, and Linguistics

Linguistics

Kara Becker is currently serving as a Strategic Communication Associate Professor of Linguistics at Reed College.

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Kara Becker

Reed College

Associate Professor of Linguistics

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sociolinguistics linguistics culture audiology social sciences social change speech perception applied linguistics hearing research acoustical engineering english multilingualism english language raciolinguistics language variation creaky voice voice quality variation linguistic anthropology race ethnicity ethnic studies intercultural studies urban affairs language policy child psychology social semiotics early childhood development early childhood second language research language teaching medium communication social identity pragmatics linguistic diversity ethnic group relation language migration social context societal influence language culture social bias attitude theory urban society psychoacoustics speech acoustics bioacoustics social-emotional development human development early childhood literacy language education classroom language oral communication communication studies interactional linguistics human communication interpersonal pragmatic verbal interactions ethnic identity social motivations variationist enterprise binary gender community coherence individual coherence perceived creaky voice american english social-semiotic landscape children ages 5 acoustic correlates sociolinguistic artifacts website perceptual evidence social meaning cultural studies discourse analysis american literature structural linguistics speech communication philosophy of social science english education humanities language acquisition communication theory second language learning language urban studies urban geography english today urban sociology bilingual education historical linguistics sociology general linguistics ethnography literature translation studies second language acquisition urbanism philosophy of language corpus linguistics secondlanguage acquisition language pedagogy social anthropology urban history language documentation human geography world english comparative literature

Notable Scholarly Works

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Bag - Bagel Merger: Perceptual Evidence From Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. Journal of English Linguistics (2026)

businessperceptual evidencepublic policy

Uptalk, Personae, and the Structure of Social Meaning in the Indexical Field. Journal of Sociolinguistics (2026)

indexical fieldcommunication studiessocial meaningsociolinguisticslinguisticspragmaticsmedium communicationhuman communicationapplied linguisticsinterpersonal pragmaticsocial identityinterpersonal communicationcommunicationverbal interactionsinteractional linguisticslanguagecommunication theorydiscourse analysis

Documenting the Emerging Social-Semiotic Landscape in Children Ages 5 to 12. Language & Communication (2024)

social semioticssocial skillsearly childhoodsocial-semiotic landscapesocial changeearly childhood developmentchildren ages 5language developmentculturehuman developmentsocial sciencesethnographysocial-emotional developmentchild psychologyearly childhood literacychild developmentchildren's literature

Beyond Binary Gender: Creaky Voice, Gender, and the Variationist Enterprise. Language Variation and Change (2022)

Kara BeckerSameer ud Dowla KhanLal Zimman

linguisticslanguage variationcreaky voicegender studiesvariationist enterprisebinary gender

The New York City–New Orleans Connection: Evidence From Constraint Ranking Comparison. Language Variation and Change (2018)

Katie CarmichaelKara Becker

sociolinguisticslanguage migrationlinguisticslanguage variationcommunicationlanguage

Acoustic Correlates of Creaky Voice in English. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2015)

Sameer ud Dowla KhanKara BeckerLal Zimman

acoustic correlatesenglishaudiologycreaky voice

Linking Community Coherence, Individual Coherence, and Bricolage: The Co-Occurrence of (R), Raised Bought and Raised Bad in New York City English. Lingua (2015)

sociolinguisticssociologysocial problemscultureapplied linguisticsenglish languagesocial sciencesindividual coherenceurban societyraciolinguisticscommunity coherence

The Acoustics of Perceived Creaky Voice in American English. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2015)

Sameer ud Dowla KhanKara BeckerLal Zimman

perceived creaky voiceamerican englishlinguisticsspeech acousticsacoustical engineeringbioacousticspsychoacousticsspeech perceptionaudiologyhearing research

Linguistic Repertoire and Ethnic Identity in New York City. Language & Communication (2014)

ethnic group relationsociolinguisticslinguistic anthropologyraceethnic studiesmultilingualismcultureethnicityapplied linguisticsintercultural studieslinguistic diversityethnic identityraciolinguistics

(R) We There yet? the Change to Rhoticity in New York City English. Language Variation and Change (2014)

sociolinguisticssocial changecultureenglishenglish languageurban affairsurbanism

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Kara Becker

Associate Professor of Linguistics

Reed College

Affiliations

Department Of Strategic Communication

History and Social Sciences

History

Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, and Linguistics

Linguistics

Kara Becker is currently serving as a Strategic Communication Associate Professor of Linguistics at Reed College.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Kara Becker

Reed College

Associate Professor of Linguistics

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Bag - Bagel Merger: Perceptual Evidence From Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. Journal of English Linguistics (2026)

businessperceptual evidencepublic policy

Uptalk, Personae, and the Structure of Social Meaning in the Indexical Field. Journal of Sociolinguistics (2026)

Documenting the Emerging Social-Semiotic Landscape in Children Ages 5 to 12. Language & Communication (2024)

Beyond Binary Gender: Creaky Voice, Gender, and the Variationist Enterprise. Language Variation and Change (2022)

Kara BeckerSameer ud Dowla KhanLal Zimman

linguisticslanguage variationcreaky voicegender studiesvariationist enterprisebinary gender

The New York City–New Orleans Connection: Evidence From Constraint Ranking Comparison. Language Variation and Change (2018)

Katie CarmichaelKara Becker

sociolinguisticslanguage migrationlinguisticslanguage variationcommunicationlanguage

Acoustic Correlates of Creaky Voice in English. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2015)

Sameer ud Dowla KhanKara BeckerLal Zimman

acoustic correlatesenglishaudiologycreaky voice

Linking Community Coherence, Individual Coherence, and Bricolage: The Co-Occurrence of (R), Raised Bought and Raised Bad in New York City English. Lingua (2015)

sociolinguisticssociologysocial problemscultureapplied linguisticsenglish languagesocial sciencesindividual coherenceurban societyraciolinguisticscommunity coherence

The Acoustics of Perceived Creaky Voice in American English. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2015)

Sameer ud Dowla KhanKara BeckerLal Zimman

perceived creaky voiceamerican englishlinguisticsspeech acousticsacoustical engineeringbioacousticspsychoacousticsspeech perceptionaudiologyhearing research

Linguistic Repertoire and Ethnic Identity in New York City. Language & Communication (2014)

(R) We There yet? the Change to Rhoticity in New York City English. Language Variation and Change (2014)

sociolinguisticssocial changecultureenglishenglish languageurban affairsurbanism

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10 / page