Erica J. Benson, Ph.D.
Contact Information
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Education
- Ph.D., Michigan State University (Linguistics)
- M.A., University of South Carolina (Linguistics)
- Graduate Certificate, University of South Carolina (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
- B.A., University of South Florida
Teaching and Research Interests
- Introductory Linguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- American Dialects
- Language Variation and Change
- Language Regard
- History of the English Language
- Morphology and Syntax
Published Research
Bayley, Robert & Erica J. Benson (eds.) 2023. Needed Research in North American Dialects. Publication of the American Dialect Society Monograph 108.
Benson, Erica J. & Anneli Williams. 2022. Crossing the line: Effect of border representation in perceptual dialectology. Journal of Linguistic Geography.
Benson, Erica J. 2020. Language perceptions and the city. Review of Cityscapes and Perceptual Dialectology: Global Perspectives on Non-Linguists’ Knowledge of the Dialect Landscape by Jennifer Cramer and Chris Montgomery, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. American Speech 95(1). 103-108.
Evans, Betsy E., Erica J. Benson, and James N. Stanford (eds.). 2018. Language Regard: Methods, Variation, and Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Paperback edition 2020).
Benson, Erica J. and Megan L. Risdal. 2018. Variation in language attitudes: Sociolinguistic receptivity and acceptability of linguistic features. In Betsy Evans et al. (eds.) Language Regard: Methods, Variation and Change, 80-95. Cambridge University Press. (Paperback edition 2020).
Benson, Erica J., Theresa Kemp, Angela Pirlott, Casey Coughlin, Quinn Forss, and Laura Becherer. 2013. Developing a Non-Sexist/Non-Gendered Language Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Feminist Teacher 23(3). 230-247.
Benson, Erica J. 2012. Need + prepositional adverb in the Midland: Another feature needs in. Journal of English Linguistics 40(3). 224-255.
Benson, Erica J., Michael J. Fox and Jared Balkman. 2011. The bag that Scott bought: The low vowels in northwest Wisconsin. American Speech 86(3). 271-311.
Benson, Erica J. 2005. Folk perceptions of dialects in Ohio. Language Diversity in Michigan and Ohio: Towards Two State Linguistic Profiles, ed. by Brian Joseph, Carol G. Preston, and Dennis R. Preston. Ann Arbor: Caravan Books.
Benson, Erica J. 2004. Review of Sociolinguistics: A Resource Book for Students, by Peter Stockwell. British Association for Applied Linguistics News. 76. 19-20.
Benson, Erica J. 2003. Folk linguistic perceptions and the mapping of dialect boundaries. American Speech 78(3). 307-330.
Preston, Dennis R., Erica J. Benson, Betsy Evans, Daniel Flannery, Gregory Robinson, and Thor Sawin. 2003. Michigan Pronunciation. The CD-ROM Atlas of Michigan. Dept. of Geography, Michigan State University.
Benson, Erica J. and Dennis R. Preston. 2002. I dialettologi incontrana la percezione: per farne che cosa? [Dialectologists meet perception: What’s in it for them?] Rivista Italiana di Dialettologi. Lingue dialetti società XXVI. 19-47.
Benson, Erica J. 2001. The neglected early history of codeswitching in the United States. Language & Communication 21. 23-36.
Benson, Erica J. 2000. Angela Carter. A Readers’ Companion to the Short Story in English, ed. by Erin Fallon, et al. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group.