Zachary Jaggers

The Conversation

Zachary Jaggers is a postdoctoral scholar of linguistics at the University of Oregon,  specializing in phonetics, sociolinguistics, and language contact. The intersection of these interests leads to research questions regarding loanword adaptation and variation, sound processing, second language sound acquisition, and how these all can be socially mediated.


US President Barack Obama shakes the hand of Pakstani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Your political views can predict how you pronounce certain words

Do you say “Iraq” as “ear-rock” or “eye-rack”?