Packet 11: Bonus 17
Specific term required. John Rickford and Faye McNair-Knox tested a theory of style-shifting named for this factor and “design” with a series of studies of a confederate nicknamed “Foxy Boston.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this factor, whose influence on speech style and accent is central to a theory named for this factor and tested on New Zealand radio hosts by Allan Bell.
ANSWER: a speaker’s audience [or audience design theory; accept referee design; accept the theory’s specific sub-categories of addressee, auditor, overhearer, or eavesdropper]
[10e] The Foxy Boston studies focused on whether Foxy Boston would use more of this practice of alternating between speech varieties, such as AAVE and “Standard” American English, with an African-American audience.
ANSWER: code-switching [or code-mixing]
[10m] Penelope Eckert’s studies of “Jocks” and “Burnouts” found that Detroit teenagers’ identities and audiences influence their involvement in this phenomenon, characterized by raising and lengthening the short “a”
ANSWER: Northern Cities Vowel Shift [or NCVS; or Northern Cities Chain Shift; prompt on vowel shifts or chain shifts]
<JG, Social Science> | NAFTA-Packet-11
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.png | Maryland F♯ A♯ ∞ | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✕ | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |