Bonus
In a system developed by this linguist, square brackets indicate overlapping segments of speech. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this student of Harvey Sacks whose namesake transcription system is widely used in conversation analysis.
ANSWER: Gail Jefferson [accept Jeffersonian transcription]
[10e] Some linguists criticize the lack of systematicity in Jeffersonian transcription, preferring this system of phonetic notation that is the worldwide standard for transcription of sounds among linguists.
ANSWER: IPA [or International Phonetic Alphabet; prompt on phonetic alphabet]
[10m] Jefferson’s 1983 defense of her use of “eye dialect” mentions this man’s argument that non-standard pronunciations should be transcribed with standard orthography. This linguist wrote The Social Stratification of English in New York City.
ANSWER: William Labov (“luh-BOVE”)
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Conversion
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia | Waterloo B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Chicago B | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Columbia A | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Cornell B | North Carolina B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Florida | Georgia State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Illinois A | Chicago A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Illinois B | UCF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Indiana | Northwestern | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Iowa State | Georgia Tech | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Johns Hopkins | Cornell A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
LSE | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Minnesota | Toronto C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Ohio State | Maryland | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Ottawa | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
RIT | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rutgers | North Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Toronto B | Texas | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Vanderbilt | Virginia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Virginia Tech | MIT | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
WUSTL A | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
WUSTL B | NYU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Waterloo A | Stanford | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Winona State | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Yale | Arizona State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 16.67 | 96% | 71% | 0% |