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dc.contributor.authorBarta, Kellam
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this project is to build upon previous findings that suggest that a university mascot with varying pronunciations (NDSU Bi/z/on vs. Bi/s/on) contributes to establishing and maintaining a sense of local identity through specific sound features (in NDSU's case, does the middle consonant sound like a z or an s). This project, a field study in sociolinguistics, investigates a similar phenomenon at the University of South Dakota, whose “Coyotes” may encode group identity based on whether or not the final syllable of the word representing the school mascot is pronounced. In addition to demonstrating “the mascot effect” at USD, this project explores the story of the word coyote, and how social factors may have shaped its use.en_US
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU Policy 190.6.2
dc.titleThe Mascot Effect 2: Social Factors Influencing Pronunciation of Coyoteen_US
dc.typetext/presentationen_US
dc.descriptionEnglish Studies Capstone Experience
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-29T17:40:23Z
dc.date.available2012-11-29T17:40:23Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10365/22286
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdfen_US
ndsu.collegeArts, Humanities and Social Sciences
ndsu.collegeArts, Humanities and Social Sciences
ndsu.departmentEnglish
ndsu.programEnglish
ndsu.course.nameEnglish Studies Capstone Experience
ndsu.course.numberENGL 467
ndsu.advisorMaylath, Bruce


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