Research

Current Research Projects

"Interlocutor perceptions of regional phone use in L2 Spanish: /θ/" with Professor Elena Schoonmaker-Gates (Elon University)

In this project we examine the attitudinal perceptions held by native and second language Spanish speakers toward the use of the regionally indexed interdental fricative /θ/ among second language Spanish speakers. 

"Sociophonetic learning in the classroom: Exploring task-based interventions" with Dr. Megan Solon (Indiana University)

In this project we explore how task-based interventions related to perception of Spanish coda /s/-weakening impact second languages learners' abilities to perceive and categorize variants of Spanish coda /s/. Additionally, we explore how using open versus closed tasks (i.e., a task with one possible solution versus a task with multiple solutions) may impact learners' perception and categorization of variable Spanish coda /s/.

"The second language acquisition of geographically indexed variants: The case of complex phonemic (re-)patterning and the interdental fricative /θ/" with Professor Erik Willis (Indiana University), Professor Emerita Kimberly Geeslin (Indiana University), and Professor Nicholas Henriksen (University of Michigan)

In this project we study how second language Spanish learners studying abroad in León, Spain acquire use of the regionally indexed interdental fricative /θ/ with a particular focus in the effects of orthography and the repatterning process that occurs in order to acquire this sound. 



Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Goebel-Mahrle, T., & Hanson, S. (2020). A variationist analysis of clitic climbing in heritage and monolingual speakers of Spanish, IULC Working Papers, 20(1), 1-25. 



Book Chapters 

Hanson, S., & Schoonmaker-Gates, E. (accepted). Interlocutor perceptions of regional phone use in L2 Spanish: The Castilian Spanish /θ/. In M. Solon, M. Kanwit, & A. Gudmestad (Eds.), Research at the intersection of second language acquisition and sociolinguistics: Studies in honor of Kimberly L. Geeslin. John Benjamins Publishing Company.


Geeslin, K. L., & Hanson, S. (2023). Collecting and analyzing L2 sociolinguistic data. In A. Mackey & S. Gass (Eds.), Current approaches to second language acquisition research (pp. 143-169). Wiley Blackwell.

 

Geeslin, K. L., & Hanson, S. (2022). Sociolinguistic approaches to communicative competence. In M. Kanwit & M. Solon (Eds.), Communicative competence in a second language: Theory, Method, and Applications (pp. 40-59). Routledge.



Master's Thesis

Hanson. S. (2019). The perception of the interdental fricative in second language Spanish. Florida State University.  (Under the direction of Carolina González).



Conference Presentations

Hanson, S., & Schoonmaker-Gates, E. (2024, November 7-9). Interlocutor perceptions of regional phone use in L2 Spanish: The Castilian Spanish /θ/ [Conference presentation]. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV). Miami, FL, United States.

 

Hanson, S. (2024, October 17-19). Second language acquisition of regionally indexed phonological variation: Advanced L2 Spanish speakers and the apicoalveolar fricative [s̺] [Conference presentation]. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. Omaha, NE, United States.

 

Solon, M., Blaker, N., Jonard, K., Kanwit, M., & Hanson, S. (2024, October 17-19). Exploring an EIT as a tool for accessing sociophonetic knowledge [Conference presentation]. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. Omaha, NE, United States.

Hanson, S. (2024, April 18-20). Acquisition of geographically indexed phonological variation: The case of the Castilian Spanish /θ/ and /s/ among advanced second language Spanish speakers [Conference presentation]. 11th International Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS11). Buffalo, NY, United States.

Hanson, S. (2024, March 15-16).  Fuzzy perceptual (re)categorization of the Castilian Spanish /θ/ among L2 Spanish speakers [Conference presentation]. Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology (CASPSLaP). Raleigh, NC, United States.

Solon, M., & Hanson, S. (2023, September 6-8). Sociophonetic development in the classroom: Exploring a task-based intervention [Conference presentation]. 14th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT). West Lafayette, IN, USA. 

Hanson, S. (2023, June 21-23). An acoustic analysis of the Castilian Spanish /s/ and /θ/: A comparison of native and nonnative speakers [Conference presentation]. The 9th International Conference on Experimental Phonetics (CIFE). Vigo, Spain.

Solon, M., & Hanson, S. (2023, June 19-21). Sociophonetic learning during open vs. closed tasks [Invited colloquium]. The 10th International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching (IATBLT). Khon Kaen, Thailand.

Hanson, S. (2022, August 25-27). Technology-mediated TBLT and task complexity: Acquisition of second language Spanish stops /p t k/ and rhotics /r ɾ/ [Conference presentation]. The 9th International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching (IATBLT). Innsbruck, Austria.

Goebel-Mahrle, T., & Hanson, S. (2020). A variationist analysis of clitic climbing in heritage and monolingual speakers of Spanish [Conference presentation]. Díalogos XVII. Bloomington, IN, United States.

Hanson, S. (2019). The perception of the interdental fricative in second language Spanish speakers [Conference presentation]. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS). El Paso, TX, United States.