Talk:Sociophonetics

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Did you know... that a sociophonetic study found that young boys lower the pitch of their voice even before puberty to seem more masculine?

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The following reference(s) may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Thomas, Erik (2010). Sociophonetics: an introduction. Macmillan International Higher Education. ISBN 9781137285614.
Reed, Paul (2014). "Defining the field: A comprehensive introduction to sociophonetics. Review of Sociophonetics: An Introduction by Erik R. Thomas" (PDF). American Speech. 89 (1): 111–4.

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Hi - I added the AI tag here regarding this edit by NicoPiccinini27, which displays many indicators of possible LLM use. While this is only a suspicion and not proof, that text needs review for sourcing, accuracy, tone, etc. Gnomingstuff (talk) 07:21, 21 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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