Robin Queen is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Linguistics, English Languages and Literatures, and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. In addition to her research on language variation in the mass media, Queen has extensively researched language, gender, and sexuality; intonation and prosody; and contact-related language change. She is the co-author of Through the Golden Door: Educational Approaches for Immigrant Adolescents with Limited Schooling (1998).

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• Preface and Acknowledgments viiA Note on the Linguistic Conventions Used in Vox Popular xKeywords Found in Each Chapter xiv1 Language in a Mediated World 1Mad Men in a Modern Family World 1Why Does a Linguist Care about Mad Men or Modern Family? 3Narrative Media as a Site for Linguistic Exploration 12Language Variation in the Narrative Media 202 Exploring Language and Language Variation 25Introduction 25Languages and Dialects 27The Components of a Grammar 32All the Systems Work as a System 34Systems of Variation 40Language Change 473 Studying Language Variation in the Media 55Introduction 55Formulating a Research Question 56Turning Narrative Media into Data 57Analytic Orientation 58Transcribing Your Data 61Coding Your Data 66Constructing a Corpus 69Quantitative Methods 70Qualitative Methods 75Triangulating Your Evidence with Different Analytic Approaches 824 Dimensions of Variation 85Introduction 85Non-Linguistic/Linguistic 90Spoken/Written 93Non-Standard/Standard 97Informal/Formal 101Unplanned/Planned 104Local/Global 107Private/Public 110Putting It All Together 1145 Making Language Variation Meaningful 119Introduction 119Meaning 120Indexical Meaning 124Ideology 130Ideology about Language 133Ideology, Indexicality, and Power 1386 Language Variation and Characterization 154Introduction 154Characterization and Language 156Realness and Authenticity 160Identity and Identification 163Relational Identity 164Norms and Types 168Social Personae 172Indexical Authenticity 1767 Language as Narrative Action 183Introduction 183Performance and Speech Acts 185Language as a Plot Device 193Switching as Action 196Taboo Language as Action 2058 Connecting to the Audience 221Introduction 221Audiences 222Audience Design 226Setting Expectations for Viewers 230Enregisterment 236Stylization 242Interacting with Audiovisual Media 246The End 253Index 258

Robin Queen is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Linguistics, English Languages and Literatures, and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. In addition to her research on language variation in the mass media, Queen has extensively researched language, gender, and sexuality; intonation and prosody; and contact-related language change. She is the co-author of Through the Golden Door: Educational Approaches for Immigrant Adolescents with Limited Schooling (1998).

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• Preface and Acknowledgments viiA Note on the Linguistic Conventions Used in Vox Popular xKeywords Found in Each Chapter xiv1 Language in a Mediated World 1Mad Men in a Modern Family World 1Why Does a Linguist Care about Mad Men or Modern Family? 3Narrative Media as a Site for Linguistic Exploration 12Language Variation in the Narrative Media 202 Exploring Language and Language Variation 25Introduction 25Languages and Dialects 27The Components of a Grammar 32All the Systems Work as a System 34Systems of Variation 40Language Change 473 Studying Language Variation in the Media 55Introduction 55Formulating a Research Question 56Turning Narrative Media into Data 57Analytic Orientation 58Transcribing Your Data 61Coding Your Data 66Constructing a Corpus 69Quantitative Methods 70Qualitative Methods 75Triangulating Your Evidence with Different Analytic Approaches 824 Dimensions of Variation 85Introduction 85Non-Linguistic/Linguistic 90Spoken/Written 93Non-Standard/Standard 97Informal/Formal 101Unplanned/Planned 104Local/Global 107Private/Public 110Putting It All Together 1145 Making Language Variation Meaningful 119Introduction 119Meaning 120Indexical Meaning 124Ideology 130Ideology about Language 133Ideology, Indexicality, and Power 1386 Language Variation and Characterization 154Introduction 154Characterization and Language 156Realness and Authenticity 160Identity and Identification 163Relational Identity 164Norms and Types 168Social Personae 172Indexical Authenticity 1767 Language as Narrative Action 183Introduction 183Performance and Speech Acts 185Language as a Plot Device 193Switching as Action 196Taboo Language as Action 2058 Connecting to the Audience 221Introduction 221Audiences 222Audience Design 226Setting Expectations for Viewers 230Enregisterment 236Stylization 242Interacting with Audiovisual Media 246The End 253Index 258

Robin Queen is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Linguistics, English Languages and Literatures, and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. In addition to her research on language variation in the mass media, Queen has extensively researched language, gender, and sexuality; intonation and prosody; and contact-related language change. She is the co-author of Through the Golden Door: Educational Approaches for Immigrant Adolescents with Limited Schooling (1998).

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• Preface and Acknowledgments viiA Note on the Linguistic Conventions Used in Vox Popular xKeywords Found in Each Chapter xiv1 Language in a Mediated World 1Mad Men in a Modern Family World 1Why Does a Linguist Care about Mad Men or Modern Family? 3Narrative Media as a Site for Linguistic Exploration 12Language Variation in the Narrative Media 202 Exploring Language and Language Variation 25Introduction 25Languages and Dialects 27The Components of a Grammar 32All the Systems Work as a System 34Systems of Variation 40Language Change 473 Studying Language Variation in the Media 55Introduction 55Formulating a Research Question 56Turning Narrative Media into Data 57Analytic Orientation 58Transcribing Your Data 61Coding Your Data 66Constructing a Corpus 69Quantitative Methods 70Qualitative Methods 75Triangulating Your Evidence with Different Analytic Approaches 824 Dimensions of Variation 85Introduction 85Non-Linguistic/Linguistic 90Spoken/Written 93Non-Standard/Standard 97Informal/Formal 101Unplanned/Planned 104Local/Global 107Private/Public 110Putting It All Together 1145 Making Language Variation Meaningful 119Introduction 119Meaning 120Indexical Meaning 124Ideology 130Ideology about Language 133Ideology, Indexicality, and Power 1386 Language Variation and Characterization 154Introduction 154Characterization and Language 156Realness and Authenticity 160Identity and Identification 163Relational Identity 164Norms and Types 168Social Personae 172Indexical Authenticity 1767 Language as Narrative Action 183Introduction 183Performance and Speech Acts 185Language as a Plot Device 193Switching as Action 196Taboo Language as Action 2058 Connecting to the Audience 221Introduction 221Audiences 222Audience Design 226Setting Expectations for Viewers 230Enregisterment 236Stylization 242Interacting with Audiovisual Media 246The End 253Index 258