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Nick Pharris (University of Michigan) Session 106Complex verbal stems in MolallaThe extinct Molalla language of Oregon exhibits highly complex patterns of verb stem formation. Verbal morphemes may beclassified distributionally into three classes of stem elements--anterior (mostly classificatory and instrumental), medial, and posterior(directional and modal, and also certain verbs of forceful action). Many independent verbs of motion also occur as directionalelements; some have special combining forms in this role. Patterns of verb stem formation in Molalla generally resemble the‘bipartite stem’ constructions described for Washo and Klamath, but there are differences--among them, that the functionalequivalents of many such bipartite stems are actually tripartite in Molalla.Pittayawat Pittayaporn (Cornell University) Session 3A chronology-sensitive approach to subgrouping: The case of Southwestwern TaiUsing Southwestern Tai as a case study, I present a subgrouping method that takes into account relative chronology and contact bysupplementing the traditional method of shared innovations with phylogenetic methods. No particular type of innovation will bepromoted to criterial status for subgrouping because it is rarely possible to identify objectively innovations that are decisive insubgrouping at each level. I propose a method in which ordering of innovations is constrained by known chronological data derivedfrom feeding-bleeding relationships among changes. Phylogenetic computations are then used to compensate for chronological datathat are not recoverable by using linguistic analyses.Robert J. Podesva (Georgetown University) Session 49Social meaning in the interaction of variablesWhile recent studies have examined the social meaning of isolated variables, few have investigated how social meaning emerges fromof the interaction of variables. Yet it is long-recognized that culturally legible styles comprise bundles of linguistic features. Based onintraspeaker variation patterns in the speech of three gay professionals, I take a compositional approach to the meaning of style toillustrate how the vague meanings of individual variables assemble to create personae like 'diva' and 'caring doctor’. Theconfiguration of the variables composing a style may shift over time, pointing toward shifting social goals as the discourse unfolds.Robert Podesva (Georgetown University) Session 63Jason Brenier (University of Colorado, Boulder)Lauren Hall-Lew (Stanford University)Stacy Lewis (Stanford University)Patrick Callier (Stanford University)Rebecca Starr (Stanford University)Multiple features, multiple identities: A sociophonetic profile of Condoleezza RiceWe investigate the linguistic construction of identity in the speaking style of Condoleezza Rice. Acoustic analysis reveals thatalthough Rice grew up in Alabama and spent most of her adult life in California, her speech exhibits few features stereotypic of thoseregions. Rather, she employs some features of Black Standard English--weakening of unstressed (er) and glottalization of postvocalicword-final (-d)--and many 'hyperstandard' features--e.g. the backing of (æ), high rates of released (ptk), and pronunciations based onorthography--enabling her to maintain ties to multiple identities while cultivating a professional public persona.Whitney Anne Postman-Caucheteux (National Institutes of Health) Session 54Rasmus Birn (National Institutes of Health)Randall Pursley (National Institutes of Health)John Butman (National Institutes of Health)Joe McArdle (National Institutes of Health)Jiang Xu (National Institutes of Health)Allen Braun (National Institutes of Health)When right is wrong: An fMRI study of overt naming in patients with aphasiaThe neural mechanisms underlying language recovery in stroke patients with aphasia are poorly understood. In this fMRI study, wecompared four chronic aphasic patients' accurate to inaccurate responses by tracking their performance during a scan session on a trialby trial basis. They named pictures overtly into a fiber-optic microphone through which their responses were recorded. While bothcorrect (53% to 75%) and incorrect responses were associated with perilesional activation, incorrect responses were associated withgreater activity in right-sided perisylvian regions. This result supports the hypothesis that right-hemisphere activation representsmaladaptive effort rather than a compensatory mechanism.156