Laureen T. Lim
Status
Sixth year doctoral student (ABD)
Education
MA in Linguistics (2002), New York University.
Advisors
Professor Gregory R. Guy, Professor John Singler, Professor Renee Blake
Research Interests
Sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language contact, language and gender, stylistic variation and accommodation, diglossia, Singapore and Malaysian English.
Doctoral Dissertation Proposal
Variation in Singapore English
Publications
"The Limits of Linguistic Community: Speech styles and Variable Constraint Effects." (with Gregory Guy). Penn Working Papers in Linguistics 10.2: Selected Papers from NWAVE 32.
Presentations
"Diglossia, code-switching, style-shifting: a field theory of variety alternation." Paper presented with Gregory Guy at NWAV 34, New York, October 20-22, 2005.
"Expanding the analytical scope of the Matched Guise Technique." Paper presented with Ken N. Lacy at NWAV 33, Ann Arbor, September 30 - October 3, 2004.
"The evaluation of gendered identities in situated discourse." Paper presented with Ken N. Lacy at the 35 th Poznan Linguistic Meeting, May 18-20 2004
"The Limits of Linguistic Community: Speech styles and Variable Constraint Effects." Paper presented with Gregory Guy at NWAVE 32, Philadelphia, October 9-12, 2003.
Posters
"Text and context in the interpretation of gender." Poster presented with Ken N. Lacy at IGALA 3, Cornell, June 4-7 2004.
Guest Lecture
"Pidgins and Creoles" class (powerpoint)
Awards and grants
Dean's Dissertation Fellowship 2006-07.
National Science Foundation Fellowship 2004-05.
Max Talmey Award 2004.
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University 2001-06.