Packet 1: Bonus 11
This phenomenon, syllable timing, and contour pitch accent characterize the “Rez Accent.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name or describe this phenomenon that, along with vocal fry, characterizes the “valley girl accent” in an example of women-led language shifts. This prosodic phenomenon signals a question in Standard English.
ANSWER: uptalk [or upspeak; or high-rising terminals; or mid- or high-rise terminals; accept any description of pitch going up at the end of a sentence; prompt on descriptions of rising or upward inflection/pitch generally by asking “at what point in a sentence?”]
[10m] A linguist with this surname examined women’s contextually greater use of standard forms in Language and Women’s Place. A linguist of this surname contrasted “strict father” and “nurturant parent” frames in Moral Politics.
ANSWER: Lakoff [accept Robin Lakoff or George Lakoff; prompt on Robin Tolmach by asking “what married surname did she use professionally?”]
[10h] Mary Bucholtz found that women in California built identities as these people through puns and “hypercorrect” forms, in contrast to two archetypes studied by Penelope Eckert.
ANSWER: nerds [or “nerd girls”; accept nerdy or word forms; prompt on girls, students, high schoolers, or teenagers; reject “geeks” or word forms]
<Editors, Social Science> | J. Playoffs 1 (Editors 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 12.50 | 96% | 17% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | Swarthmore | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia B | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell | Brown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech B | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech C | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois B | UCF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Johns Hopkins | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| MIT | UCLA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland B | North Carolina | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Northwestern A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Northwestern B | Georgetown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Bruin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Purdue | Waterloo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Stanford B | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toronto A | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Texas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| WashU | Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 12.50 | 96% | 17% | 13% |