Papers:

Conference Presentations:

Talks:

  • International Conference on Language Variation in Europe 13:
    29.06.2026 - 02.07.2026, Lausanne (Switzerland)
    Ahrens, C.: Sp[i]ch of T[ai]ns[ai]d English: Can history explain the variation in the realization of the first person possessive my and the first person object me?. Accepted for presentation at International Conference on Language Variation in Europe 13. Lausanne (Switzerland) 2026.

  • Dynamical Models of Speech 2025:
    26.07.202 - 27.07.2025, Eugene, Oregon (U.S.)
    Ahrens, C.: Social Influences on "Articulatory" Targets. Dynamical Models of Speech 2025. Eugene, Oregon (U.S.) 2025.

  • New Ways of Analysing Variation 52:
    07.11.2024 - 09.11.2024, Miami Beach, Florida (U.S.)
    Grama, J., Ahrens, C.: Evaluating traditionally “stable” variables in a creole: Variation and change in (th, dh) in Hawaiʻi Creole. New Ways of Analysing Variation 52. Miami Beach (U.S.) 2024.

  • International Conference on Language Variation in Europe 12:
    08.07.2024 - 11.07.2024, Vienna (Austria)
    Ahrens, C., Moelders, A.: me and my Accent - Analyzing Acoustic Patterns of the First-Person Possessive and Object 'me': Evidence from Tyneside English. International Conference on Language Variation in Europe 12. Vienna (Austria) 2024.

  • Methods in Dialectology XVIII:
    01.07.2024 - 05.07.2024, Melbourne (Australia)
    Ahrens, C., Grama J.: Evaluating a traditionally “stable” variable in a contact language: A study of (dh)-stopping in Hawaiʻi Creole. Methods in Dialectology XVIII. Melbourne (Australia) 2024.

  • Methods in Dialectology XVIII:
    01.07.2024 - 05.07.2024, Melbourne (Australia)
    Ahrens, C., Moelders, A.: Exploring acoustic realisations of Tyneside English: Homophonous realisation of the First-Person Possessive and Object 'me'?. Methods in Dialectology XVIII. Melbourne (Australia) 2024.

  • Sociolinguistic Symposium 25:
    24.06.2024 - 27.06.2024, Perth (Australia)
    Ahrens, C., Grama J.: (dh)-stopping in Hawaiʻi Creole: Testing a stable variable in a creole. Sociolinguistic Symposium 25. Curtin University, Perth (Australia) 2024.

  • Sociolinguistic Symposium 25:
    24.06.2024 - 27.06.2024, Perth (Australia)
    Moelders, A., Ahrens, C.: An acoustic study of the first-person possessive in the Northeast of England. Sociolinguistic Symposium 25. Curtin University, Perth (Australia) 2024.

  • Linguistweets 3:
    05.12.2022, Twitter
    Ahrens, C.: Tracking Sociophonetic Variation in one Individual over the Lifespan - FACE and GOAT. Linguistweets 2022.

  • Methods in Dialectology XVII:
    01.08.2022 - 05.08.2022, Mainz (Germany)
    Bauernfeind, L., Ahrens, C., Grama, J., Eiswirth, M., and Buchstaller, I.: Socio-demographic trajectory, vowel normalization, and the marriage of auditory and acoustic approaches in assessing lifespan change. Methods XVII. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany) 2022.

  • United Kingdom Language Variation and Change 13:
    08.09.2021 - 10.09.2021, Online / Glasgow (Scotland)
    Grama, J., Buchstaller, I., Bauernfeind, L., Ahrens, C.: Tracing vowel change across the life-span: A three-wave panel analysis of FACE and GOAT. Presented at United Kingdom Language Variation and Change 13. University of Glasgow (Scotland) 2021.

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