Question

A 2009 study by Kara Becker discusses how variation in this feature builds place identity, noting that older people did not use this feature in talking about their neighborhood. In a study of Say Yes to the Dress, bridal consultants modulate use of this feature depending on perceived willingness to pay. The high-prestige dialect in antebellum Charleston was marked by this feature, (-5[2])which reversed from low (15[1])to high-prestige in (*) New York City after WWII. (10[1])The prestige of this feature (10[1])unusually reverses polarity between the dominant dialects of American and (-5[1])British English. Lower-middle-class people aspirationally adopted this feature in a survey of three NYC department stores that asked (10[1])people to pronounce “fourth floor.” For 10 points, urban East Coast accents exhibit what feature of pronouncing “r”s? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: rhoticity [prompt on descriptive answers like pronouncing “r”s; reject “prestige”] (The Say Yes to the Dress study is by Maeve Eberhardt and Corinne Downs.)
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= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonChicago AOSU61-5
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichiganWUSTL61-5
Iain CarpenterIllinoisAmartya Senpai Notice Me6515
Patrick QuionPurdue University Fightin' Hadrien DavidsChicago B+7310
Chris SimsNorthwesternEpic Games7810
Nick JensenMojo ShojoBrownstein et al.88-5
Undetermined 4thBrownstein et al.Mojo Shojo10610
Clark SmithOSUChicago A12410
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLMichigan12510

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%50%95.17