Alexandra D'ARCY Address

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Alexandra D’ARCY

Address: Department of Linguistics Telephone: [phone]
University of Victoria Email: [email protected]
PO Box 1700 STN CSC Twitter: @LangMaverick
Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2 Citizenship: Canadian

Academic Qualifications

B.A. University of British Columbia (English Language) 1998
M.A. Memorial University of Newfoundland (Linguistics) 2000
Ph.D. University of Toronto (Linguistics) 2005

M.A. Thesis: Beyond mastery: A study of dialect acquisition
Supervisor: Professor Sandra Clarke

Ph.D. Diss.: Like: Syntax and development
Supervisor: Professor Sali A. Tagliamonte

Appointments

University of Toronto, Department of Linguistics (Fall 2003, Summer 2004, Summer 2005)
2003–2005 Instructor

University of Canterbury, Department of Linguistics (January 1 2006–December 31 2009)
2006–2008 Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
2009 Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

University of Victoria, Department of Linguistics (January 1 2010– )
2010–2013 Assistant Professor
2013– Associate Professor (tenured and promoted July 1 2013)
2014–2015 Vice-Chair, Human Research Ethics Board, Research Services
2015–2017 Chair, Human Research Ethics Board, Research Services
2017–2019 Chair, Human Research Ethics Board, Research Services

Major Fields of Scholarly Interest and Expertise

Language variation and change (synchronic and diachronic)
Evolution of grammatical systems
Varieties of English
Mechanisms and diffusion of linguistic change
Discourse-pragmatic variation
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Honours and Awards

Roy Daniells Memorial Prize for Academic Achievement, University of British Columbia, 1998
Graduate Fellowship, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998–2000
Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2000
University Gold Medal of Excellence, School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, 2001
Graduate Fellowship, University of Toronto, 2001–2002
Certificate of Academic Achievement, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, 2006
Finalist, Governor General’s Gold Medal, University of Toronto, 2006
Nominee, University of Canterbury Students Association (UCSA) Lecturer of the Year, 2007
Lecturer Award, Pasifika Development Team, University of Canterbury, 2009
Affiliate, Language Sciences Initiative, University of British Columbia, 2017–

Grants

1. External Funding

(1) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship,
‘Innovation and obsolescence in Newfoundland’. $75,200 CAD. 2002–2005
(2) Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Graduate Scholarship, ‘Tracking
the development of discourse like’. $10,000 CAD. 2005–2006. [declined]
(3) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellowship,
‘A sociolinguistic investigation of Salish English’. $75,056 CAD. 2005–2007. [declined]
(4) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grant,
‘Victoria English: Its development and current state’. $111,214 CAD. 2011–2014
(5) Research Collaboration Award, University of Western Australia, ‘Narratives from the past:
Quotation across time in Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand English’ (with C.
Rodríguez Louro & S.A. Tagliamonte). $17,500 AUD. 2013
(6) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Connection Grant, ‘Phonetic
Building Blocks of Speech: In Honour of John Esling’ (PI, with S. Bird, E. Czaykowska-
Higgins, & L. Saxon). $17,840 CAD. 2014
(7) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Connection Grant, ‘New
Ways of Analyzing Variation: Pachantsut | Spreading Roots’ (PI, with C. Léger & P.
Pappas). $15,295 CAD. 2016
(8) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant, ‘Only time will
tell: Incrementation and language change in the preschool and early elementary years’.
$237,659 CAD. 2016–2021

2. Internal Funding

(1) Research Grant, ‘Canterbury regional survey’ (with J. Hay). School of Languages, Cultures
and Linguistics, University of Canterbury, $2495 NZD. 2006
(2) Research Grant, ‘Survey of Canterbury regional dialects’. College of Arts, University of
Canterbury, $12,000 NZD. 2007
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(3) Research Grant, ‘Exploring the acoustic details of /t/ in St. John’s English’. College of
Arts, University of Canterbury, $1382 NZD. 2008
(4) Research Grant, ‘ONZEminer Development’ (with J. Hay, J. King, & H. Quinn). College
of Arts, University of Canterbury, $100,000 NZD. 2008–2012
(5) Research Grant, ‘Constructing dialogue in time and space’. College of Arts, University of
Canterbury, $5284 NZD. 2009
(6) Research Grant, ‘Constructing dialogue in time and space’. School of Languages, Cultures,
and Linguistics, University of Canterbury, $1463 NZD. 2009
(7) Completion Grant, ‘Transcription of Darfield regional corpus’. School of Languages,
Cultures, and Linguistics, University of Canterbury, $1463 NZD. 2009
(8) Internal Research Grant, ‘A variationist perspective on grammaticalization’. Humanities,
University of Victoria, $3973 CAD. 2010–2011
(9) SSHRC 4A Internal Research Grant, ‘Sociolinguistic dimensions of First Nations English:
First Steps’. Office of Research Services, University of Victoria, $1000 CAD. 2010–2011
(10) Internal Research Grant, ‘Moving and shifting: The sociophonetics of Victoria English’.
Faculty of Humanities, University of Victoria $4254 CAD. 2014–2015
(11) Internal Research Grant, ‘The meaning of /ju/’. Humanities, University of Victoria, $5066
CAD. 2015–2016
(12) Internal Research/Creative Project Grant, ‘Conservatism and innovation on a collision
course: Probing have and do’. SSHRC panel, Office of Research Services, University of
Victoria, $5423 CAD. 2016–2017
(13) Internal Research/Creative Project Grant, ‘Indirectly speaking: A variationist analysis of
indirect quotation in the vernacular’. SSHRC panel, Office of Research Services,
University of Victoria, $6222 CAD. 2017–2018

3. Teaching Development Grants

(1) Teaching Development Grant no.TD06DAR. University Centre for Teaching and Learning,
University of Canterbury, $2050 NZD. 2006
(2) Teaching Development Grant no.TDG0811. University Centre for Teaching and Learning,
University of Canterbury, $1080 NZD. 2008

4. Travel Grants

(1) Faculty Scholarly Conference Travel Grant, University of Victoria, $1000 CAD. 2010
(2) Faculty Scholarly Conference Travel Grant, University of Victoria, $1000 CAD. 2011
(3) Faculty Scholarly Conference Travel Grant, University of Victoria, $1350 CAD. 2012
(4) Faculty Scholarly Conference Travel Grant, University of Victoria, $1250 CAD. 2013
(5) Faculty Scholarly Conference Travel Grant, University of Victoria, $1250 CAD. 2014
(6) Faculty Scholarly Conference Travel Grant, University of Victoria, $900 CAD. 2015
(7) Faculty Scholarly Conference Travel Grant, University of Victoria, $900 CAD. 2016
(8) Faculty Scholarly Conference Travel Grant, University of Victoria, $1250 CAD. 2017

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5. Work Study

(1) Sociolinguistics Research Lab Research Assistant, Student Awards and Financial Aid,
University of Victoria, $1200 CAD. 2010 (spring)
(2) Sociolinguistics Research Lab Research Assistant, Student Awards and Financial Aid,
University of Victoria, $1100 CAD. 2010–2011
(3) Editorial Assistant for the Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle, Student Awards and
Financial Aid, University of Victoria, $1100 CAD. 2010–2011
(4) Sociolinguistics Research Lab Research Assistant, Student Awards and Financial Aid,
University of Victoria, $1500 CAD. 2011–2012
(5) Editorial Assistant for the Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle, Student Awards and
Financial Aid, University of Victoria, $1000 CAD. 2011–2012
(6) Sociolinguistics Research Lab Research Assistant, Student Awards and Financial Aid,
University of Victoria, $1650 CAD. 2012–2013
(7) Sociolinguistics Research Lab Research Assistant, Student Awards and Financial Aid,
University of Victoria, $2200 CAD. 2013–2014
(8) Sociolinguistics Research Lab Research Assistant, Student Awards and Financial Aid,
University of Victoria, $1650 CAD. 2014–2015
(9) Sociolinguistics Research Lab Research Assistant, Student Awards and Financial Aid,
University of Victoria, $1375 CAD. 2015–2016
(10) Sociolinguistics Research Lab Research Assistant, Student Awards and Financial Aid,
University of Victoria, $1100 CAD. 2016–2017
(11) Sociolinguistics Research Lab Research Assistant, Student Awards and Financial Aid,
University of Victoria, $1440 CAD. 2017–2018

Publications

1. Books

(1) D’Arcy, A. 2017. Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Context: Eight-Hundred Years of
LIKE. Amsterdam: John Benjamins (Studies in Language Companion Series). xx + 235.

2. Edited Volumes

(1) Avery, P., J.K. Chambers, A. D’Arcy, E. Gold, & K. Rice (eds.). 2006. Canadian English
in the Global Context. Special issue of Canadian Journal of Linguistics 51(2/3): 99-331.
(2) Barysevich, A., A. D’Arcy, & D. Heap (eds.). 2013. Proceedings from the XIVth
International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, 2011. Frankfurt am Main: Peter
Lang. xiii + 348.

3. Articles in Refereed Journals

(1) D’Arcy, A. 2004. ‘Contextualizing St. John’s Youth English within the Canadian quotative
system.’ Journal of English Linguistics 32(4): 323-345.
(2) Tagliamonte, S.A. & A. D’Arcy. 2004. ‘He’s like, she’s like: The quotative system in
Canadian youth.’ Journal of Sociolinguistics 8(4): 493-514.
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(3) D’Arcy, A. 2005. ‘The development of linguistic constraints: Phonological innovations in
St. John’s.’ Language Variation and Change 17(3): 327-355.
(4) D’Arcy, A. 2006. ‘Lexical replacement and the like(s).’ American Speech 81(4): 339-357.
(5) D’Arcy, A. 2007. ‘Like and language ideology: Disentangling fact from fiction.’ American
Speech 82(4): 386-419.
(6) Tagliamonte, S.A. & A. D’Arcy. 2007. ‘Frequency and variation in the community
grammar: Tracking a new change through the generations.’ Language Variation and
Change 19(2): 199-217.
(7) Tagliamonte, S.A. & A. D’Arcy. 2007. ‘The modals of obligation/necessity in Canadian
perspective.’ English World-Wide 28(1): 47-87.
(8) D’Arcy, A. 2008. ‘Canadian English as a window to the rise of like in discourse.’ Focus on
Canadian English. Special issue of Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies
19(2): 125-140.
(9) Buchstaller, I. & A. D’Arcy. 2009. ‘Localized globalization: A multi-local, multivariate
investigation of be like.’ Journal of Sociolinguistics 13(3): 291-331.
(10) Tagliamonte, S.A. & A. D’Arcy. 2009. ‘Peaks beyond phonology: Adolescence,
incrementation, and language change.’ Language 85(1): 58-108.
(11) D’Arcy, A. 2010. ‘Quoting ethnicity: Constructing dialogue in Aotearoa/New Zealand.’
Journal of Sociolinguistics 14(1): 60-88.
(12) Tagliamonte, S.A., A. D’Arcy & B. Jankowski. 2010. ‘Social work and linguistic systems:
Possession in Canadian English.’ Language Variation and Change 22(1): 149-173.
(13) D’Arcy, A. & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2010. ‘The prestige legacy of relative who.’ Language in
Society 39(3): 389-410.
(14) D’Arcy, A. & T.M. Young. 2012. ‘Ethics and social media: Implications for
sociolinguistics in the networked public.’ Journal of Sociolinguistics 16(4): 532-546.
(15) D’Arcy, A. 2012. ‘The diachrony of quotation: Evidence from New Zealand English.’
Language Variation and Change 24(3): 343-369.
(16) D’Arcy, A., B. Haddican, H. Richards, S.A. Tagliamonte, & A. Taylor. 2013.
‘Asymmetrical trajectories: The past and present of –body/–one.’ Language Variation and
Change 25(3): 287-310.
(17) D’Arcy, A. 2014. ‘Functional partitioning and possible limits on variability: A view of
adjective comparison from the vernacular.’ Journal of English Linguistics 42(3): 218-244.
(18) D’Arcy, A. 2015. ‘Quotation and advances in understanding syntactic systems.’ Annual
Review of Linguistics 1(1): 43-61.
(19) D’Arcy, A. 2015. ‘Stability, stasis, and change: the longue durée of intensification.’
Diachronica 32(4): 449-493.
(20) D’Arcy, A. & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2015. ‘Not always variable: Probing the vernacular
grammar.’ Language Variation and Change 27(3): 255-285.
(21) Tagliamonte, S.A., A. D’Arcy, & C. Rodríguez Louro. 2016. ‘Outliers, impact, and
rationalization in linguistic change.’ Language 92(4): 824-849.
(22) Roeder, R., S. Onosson, & A. D’Arcy. to appear. ‘Joining the western region:
Sociophonetic shift in Victoria.’ Journal of English Linguistics. ms. pp. 49.

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4. Chapters in Books

(1) Avery, P., A. D’Arcy & K. Rice. 2006. ‘Introduction.’ In Avery et al. (eds.), Canadian
English in the Global Context. Canadian Journal of Linguistics 51(2): 99-104.
(2) D’Arcy, A. 2011.‘Corpora: Capturing language in use.’ In W. Maguire & A. McMahon
(eds.), Analysing Variation in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 49-71.
(3) Tagliamonte, S.A. & A. D’Arcy. 2012. ‘Frequency and variation in the community
grammar: Tracking a new change through the generations.’ In D. Biber & R. Reppen (eds.),
Corpus Linguistics, Vol.III, Varieties. London: Sage. 239-258. [Reprint]
(4) D’Arcy, A. 2012. ‘Like and language ideology: Disentangling fact from fiction.’ In S.
Blum (ed.), Making Sense of Language. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 443-458. [Reprint]
(5) D’Arcy, A. 2013. ‘Advances in sociolinguistic transcription methods.’ In C. Mallinson, B.
Childs & G. Van Herk (eds.), Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and
Applications. New York: Routledge. 187-190. [revised version in press; expected 2018]
(6) D’Arcy, A. 2013. ‘Variation and change.’ In R. Bayley, R. Cameron & C. Lucas (eds.),
The Handbook of Sociolinguistics. New York: Oxford University Press. 484-502.
(7) D’Arcy, A. 2014. ‘Discourse.’ In C. Bowern & B. Evans (eds.), The Routledge Handbook
of Historical Linguistics. New York: Routledge. 410-422.
(8) D’Arcy, A. 2015. ‘At the crossroads of change: Possession, periphrasis, and prescriptivism
in Victoria English.’ In P. Collins (ed.), Grammatical Change in English World-Wide.
Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 43-64.
(9) D’Arcy, A. 2015. ‘Variation, transmission, incrementation.’ In P. Honeybone & J. Salmons
(eds.), The Handbook of Historical Phonology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 583-602.
(10) D’Arcy, A. accepted. ‘The relevance of variationist sociolinguistics for World Englishes.’
In D. Schreier, M. Hundt & E.W. Schneider (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of World
Englishes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ms. pp. 41.
(11) Barchas-Lichtenstein, J. & A. D’Arcy. submitted. ‘Hedge words.’ In L. Miller, A. Agha, J.
Sidnell, L. Graham, B. Farnell, & B. Urciuoli (eds.), International Encyclopedia of
Linguistic Anthropology. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell. ms. pp. 10.

5. Conference Proceedings and Working Papers

(1) D’Arcy, A. 2003. ‘Yowlumne reexamined: A challenge for contrastive specification.’ In D.
Currie Hall (ed.), Contrast and Complexity in Phonology. Special issue of Toronto Working
Papers in Linguistics 20: 21-46.
(2) D’Arcy, A. 2004. ‘Unconditional neutrality: Vowel harmony in a two-place model.’ In
Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics 23(2): 1-46.
(3) Tagliamonte, S.A. & A. D’Arcy. 2005. ‘When people say, I was like: The quotative system
in Canadian youth.’ In K. Evans & G. Nguyen (eds.), Selected Papers from NWAV 32.
Special issue of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 10(2): 257-272.
(4) D’Arcy, A. 2012. ‘On being happier but not more happy: Comparative alternation in
speech data.’ Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle 22(1): 72-87.

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6. Blog Posts

(1) D’Arcy, A. 2010. ‘Ode to a prescriptivist.’ OUP blog. Oxford University Press USA.
Posted 2 February. http://blog.oup.com/2010/02/prescriptivist/
(2) D’Arcy, A. 2010. ‘What is it you do?’ OUP blog. Oxford University Press USA. Posted 8
March. http://blog.oup.com/2010/03/linguist/
(3) D’Arcy, A. 2010. ‘Liking (or at least understanding) like: Part 1.’ OUP blog. Oxford
University Press USA. Posted 26 April. http://blog.oup.com/2010/04/liking_like/
(4) D’Arcy, A. 2010. ‘Liking (or at least understanding) like: Part 2.’ OUP blog. Oxford
University Press USA. Posted 20 July. http://blog.oup.com/2010/07/liking_like2/

7. Book Notes and Reviews

(1) D’Arcy, A. 2008. Book note: Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén & Erik Smitterberg (eds.). 2006.
Nineteenth-century English: Stability and change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pp. xix, 295. Language in Society 37(5): 771.
(2) D’Arcy, A. 2010. Book note: James H. Stanford & Dennis R. Preston (eds.). 2009.
Variation in Indigenous minority languages. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Press. Pp. viii,
519. Language in Society 39(3): 429-430.
(3) D’Arcy, A. 2010. Review of: Stefan Dollinger. 2008. New-dialect formation in Canada:
Evidence from the English modal auxiliaries. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: Benjamins. Pp.
xxii, 355. English World-Wide 31(1): 108-111.
(4) D’Arcy, A. 2011. Review of: Sandra Clarke. 2010. Newfoundland and Labrador English
(series: Dialects of English). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Pp. x, 212. English
World-Wide 32(3): 369-373.
(5) D’Arcy, A. 2012. Review of: James A. Walker. 2010. Variation in linguistic systems. New
York: Routledge. Pp. xviii, 158. English World-Wide 33(2): 205-209.
(6) D’Arcy, A. 2016. Review of: Marina Dossena (ed.). 2015. Transatlantic perspectives on
Late Modern English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Pp. vii, 221. English World-Wide
37(2): 231-235.

8. Technology: iPhone APPs

(1) D’Arcy, A. & C. Coey. 2013. iSLR Field Recorder. Department of Linguistics, University
of Victoria. [free on iStore; available for 2 years; downloaded more than 8000 times]

9. Teaching Resources

(1) D’Arcy, A. 2013. Teaching resource video on sociolinguistic transcription to accompany
chapter vignette in Data collection in sociolinguistics, C. Mallinson, B. Childs, & G. Van
Herk (eds.), Routledge. http://sociolinguisticdatacollection.com/-teaching-tools/
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Papers, Lectures, Addresses

1. Plenary & Keynote Presentations

(1) 2009. ‘Constructing dialogue in time (and space).’ 7th UK Language Variation and Change
conference, Newcastle University, 1 September.
(2) 2011. ‘Variationist sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and theoretical linguistics:
Exposing links, operationalizing theory.’ Plenary Symposium on Historical Linguistics,
Linguistic Society of America, Pittsburgh PA, 7 January.
(3) 2012. ‘Transmission, incrementation, and the progression of change’. Workshop in
Sociolinguistics, Hermann Paul School of Linguistics, Universität Basel, 13 April.
(4) 2012. ‘Counting matters: Corpus and variationist perspectives’. Discourse-Pragmatic
Variation and Change 1, University of Salford, 20 April.
(5) 2014. ‘In a sea of Canadian English: Victoria’s linguistic legacy.’ Linguistic Association of
Canada and the United States, University of British Columbia, 7 August.
(6) 2017. ‘The new frontier: 800 years of like.’ From ‘Quaint’ to ‘Cool’: 150 Years of
Language Change in Toronto, a Workshop Celebrating Canada’s Sesquicentennial.
Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto. 3 March.
(7) 2017. ‘I didn’t learn like grammar: Discourse, society and language change.’ Northwest
Linguistics Conference 33. University of British Columbia. 6 May.
(8) 2017. ‘Variation, change, and the longue durée.’ Studies in the History of the English
Language (SHEL) 10. University of Kansas. 3 June.
(9) 2018. ‘Language history and linguistic corpora: Perspectives on like and the like.’ Spanish
Association for Corpus Linguistics X. University of Extremadura. May.
(10) 2018. ‘What can the kids tell us about language change?’ International Computer Archive
of Modern and Medieval English 39. University of Tampere. June.

2. Refereed Conference Papers

(1) D’Arcy, A. 1999. ‘The linguistic oddball phenomenon in St. John’s, Newfoundland.’
International Conference on Methods in Dialectology X, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, 3 August.
(2) D’Arcy, A. 2000. ‘Dialect acquisition in St. John’s, Newfoundland.’ Canadian Linguistic
Association, University of Alberta, 27 May.
(3) D’Arcy, A. 2001. ‘The actuation of linguistic change in St. John’s.’ Rocky Mountain
Modern Language Association, Vancouver, 11 October.
(4) D’Arcy, A. 2002. ‘Caught in the act: Dialect change in St. John’s English.’ New Ways of
Analyzing Variation 31, Stanford University, 12 October.
(5) D’Arcy, A. & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2003. ‘When people say, I was like: The quotative system
in Canadian youth.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 32, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 12 Oct.
(6) D’Arcy, A. 2003. ‘Seeing through transparency in a two-place model of vowel features.’
Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto Phonology Workshop, University of Toronto, 8 Feb.
(7) D’Arcy, A. 2004. ‘Complexity as a constraint on vowel place harmony.’ Montreal-Ottawa-
Toronto Phonology Workshop, University of Ottawa, 7 February.
(8) D’Arcy, A. 2004. ‘Constraining place harmony.’ The 3rd North American Phonology
Conference, Concordia University, 22 May.
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(9) D’Arcy, A. 2004. ‘New perspectives on discourse like.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation
33, University of Michigan, 3 October.
(10) Tagliamonte, S.A. & A. D’Arcy. 2004. ‘Tracking the quotative system through the
generations.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 33, Univ. of Michigan, 3 October.
(11) Jankowski, B., A. D’Arcy & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2005. ‘Ongoing change and vernacular
stability: The case of variable have (got).’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 34, New
York University, 23 October.
(12) D’Arcy, A. 2006. ‘Regional dialect leveling: Phonological or pan-grammatical?’ 10th New
Zealand Language and Society Conference, University of Canterbury, 19 August.
(13) D’Arcy, A. 2006. ‘Like, it wasn’t invented ex nihilo.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation
35, Ohio State University, 11 November.
(14) Tagliamonte, S.A. & A. D’Arcy. 2007. ‘To peak or not to peak: Exploring the
incrementation of linguistic change.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 36, University of
Pennsylvania, 12 October.
(15) Buchstaller, I. & A. D’Arcy. 2007. ‘Localized globalization: A multi-local, multivariate
investigation of quotative be like.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 36, University of
Pennsylvania, 12 October.
(16) D’Arcy, A. 2008. ‘Quoting ethnicity: Constructing dialogue in Aotearoa.’ Methods XIII,
University of Leeds, 6 August.
(17) D’Arcy, A. & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2008. ‘Who knew? New insights into the social life of
relatives.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 37, Rice University, 9 November.
(18) D’Arcy, A. & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2009. ‘I swear [that] I think [that] I have! Syntax,
situation and society as windows on grammar.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 38,
University of Ottawa, 23 October.
(19) D’Arcy, A. 2010. ‘Perseverance: Intensification in longitudinal perspective.’ Change and
Variation in Canada IV, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 20 June.
(20) D’Arcy, A. & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2010. ‘Everybody loves someone: Indefinite reference
across the hemispheres.’16th Annual Conference of the International Association for World
Englishes, Panel on Autonomy and Homogeneity in Canadian English, Simon Fraser
University, 26 July.
(21) Young, T.M. & A. D’Arcy. 2010. ‘Goodbye Hello Kitty: Language and identity practices
in an online community of Anti-Cute girls.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 39,
University of Texas at San Antonio, 5 November.
(22) D’Arcy, A. 2010. ‘It’s so very gradual: Intensification in longitudinal perspective.’ New
Ways of Analyzing Variation 39, University of Texas at San Antonio, 5 November.
(23) D’Arcy, A. 2011. ‘When variation isn’t variable: Lexical conditioning in English adjective
comparison.’ International Conference on Methods in Dialectology XIV, University of
Western Ontario, 5 August.
(24) Young, T.M. & A. D’Arcy. 2011. ‘Facing the issues: Social media, ethics,
and methodology.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 40, Georgetown University, 28 Oct.
(25) D’Arcy, A. & C. Coey. 2011. ‘What’s App? Combining historical materials and new
technology in the pursuit of language.’ (POSTER) New Ways of Analyzing Variation 40,
Georgetown University, 29 October.
(26) D’Arcy, A. 2012. ‘Having ramifications: When developmental trajectories clash’. 17th
International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Universität Zürich, 21 August.
(27) D’Arcy, A. & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2012. ‘Vernacular repercussions of adaptive change.’
New Ways of Analyzing Variation 41, Indiana University, 27 October.
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(28) D’Arcy, A. 2013. ‘So slow yet totally frenetic: Intensification in longitudinal perspective.’
Studies in the History of the English Language 8, Brigham Young Univ., 26 Sept.
(29) D’Arcy, A. 2013. ‘Does one change have ramifications for the other?’ New Ways of
Analyzing Variation 42, Pittsburgh PA, 18 October.
(30) Rodríguez Louro, C., A. D’Arcy, & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2013. ‘Global perspectives on
linguistic innovation.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 42, Pittsburgh PA, 19 Oct.
(31) Rodríguez Louro, C., A. D’Arcy, & S.A. Tagliamonte. 2014. ‘Outliers, impact, and
rationalization in linguistic change.’ Linguistic Society of America, Minneapolis, 5 Jan.
(32) D’Arcy, A. 2014. ‘Stability, stasis, and change.’ Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and
Change 2, Newcastle University, 8 April.
(33) Rosen, N., J. Ankutowicz, & A. D’Arcy. 2014. ‘What have we been do-een? (ING) is not
binary.’ Canadian Variation and Change 8, Queens University, 1 June.
(34) Denis, D. & A. D’Arcy. 2014. ‘Homogeneity, convergence, mega-trends, and stuff like
that.’ New Ways of Analyzing Variation 43, Chicago IL, 22 October.
(35) Onosson, S., R. Roeder, & A. D’Arcy. 2015. ‘City, province, or region? What do the
vowels of Victoria tell us?’American Dialect Society, Portland OR, 10 January.
(36) Serediak, J. & A. D’Arcy. 2015. ‘Old njooz or new nooz? A diachronic look at yod
dropping.’ American Dialect Society, Portland OR, 10 January.
(37) Denis, D. & A. D’Arcy. 2015. ‘Input, homogeneity, and stuff (like that).’ Studies in the
History of the English Language 9, University of British Columbia. 6 June.
(38) D’Arcy, A. 2015. ‘Tracking like and the like.’ 14th International Pragmatics Conference,
Panel on Pragmatic Variation and Pragmatic Variables. University of Antwerp, Belgium.
28 July.
(39) Denis, D. & A. D’Arcy. 2015. ‘Corpora, Canadian English, the longue durée, and stuff like
that.’ La Science du Mot, University of Victoria. 17 October.
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