Talks
Refereed Conference Presentations:
Adam Barnhardt. (2025). Creaky voice: A women-led sub/exurban-centric sound change in white Michigan English. Paper presented at NWAV 53. Ann Arbor, MI.
Adam Barnhardt. (2024). Patterns of social meanings indexed to Low-Back-Merger Shifted vowels in Michigan. Poster presented at NWAV 52. Miami Beach, FL.
Adam Barnhardt. (2023). Not all sound changes in progress are used in early-adolescent stancetaking. Paper presented at NWAV 51. NYC, NY.
Betsy Sneller, Suzanne Evans Wagner, Yongqing Ye, Adam Barnhardt, Jack Rechsteiner, & Caroline Zackerman. (2023). It’s not the THOUGHT that counts for a LOT of Michigan English sound changes. Paper presented at NWAV 51. NYC, NY. (Paper presented by Betsy Sneller.)
Adam Barnhardt. (2022). The early-adolescent indexical system amid rapid sound change: How are Northern Cities Shift and Low-Back-Merger Shift vowel realizations employed in acts of stance-taking? Paper presented at NWAV 50 in Project Launch category. San Jose, CA.
Yongqing Ye and Adam Barnhardt. (2022). Tracking Language Change During a Pandemic: Continuous Remote Data Collection in the MI Diaries Project. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society. Online.
Adam Barnhardt. (2021). “I didn’t go to college with anyone that country”: Age-stratified indexicality of Southern-shifted vowels. Poster presented at NWAV 49. Online. Click here for poster.
Adam Barnhardt. (2019). Es ist Mittwoch meine Dudes: A Sprachinsel examination of English borrowings in the language of a German-speaking community on Reddit. Paper presented at SECOL 86: Southeastern Conference on Linguistics. Boca Raton, FL.
Other Talks and Presentations:
Adam Barnhardt. (2025). Creaky voice: A women-led sub/exurban-centric sound change in white Michigan English. Paper presented at CALMS 2025: Careers, Alumni, and Linguistics at Michigan State. East Lansing, MI.
Adam Barnhardt. (2024). Patterns of Social Meanings Indexed to Low-Back-Merger Shifted Vowels in Michigan. Paper presented at GLEAMS 2024: Graduate Linguistics Expo At Michigan State. East Lansing, MI.
Adam Barnhardt. (2023). Not all sound changes in progress are used in early-adolescent stancetaking. Paper presented at CALMS 2023: Careers, Alumni, and Linguistics at Michigan State. East Lansing, MI.
Adam Barnhardt. (2022). The early-adolescent indexical system amid rapid sound change: How are Northern Cities Shift and Low-Back-Merger Shift vowel realizations employed in acts of stance-taking? Paper presented at GLEAMS 2022: Graduate Linguistics Expo At Michigan State. East Lansing, MI.
Adam Barnhardt. (2021). “I didn’t go to college with anyone that country”: Age-stratified indexicality of Southern-shifted vowels. Paper presented at CALMS 2021: Careers, Alumni, and Linguistics at Michigan State (selected as best student talk). East Lansing, MI.
Adam Barnhardt. (2019). Es ist Mittwoch meine Dudes: A Sprachinsel examination of English borrowings in the language of a German-speaking community on Reddit. Poster presented at the NCSU Graduate School Research Symposium and the UNC Linguistics Spring Colloquium. Raleigh and Chapel Hill, NC.