Dissecting the Linguistic Patterns of Kamala Harris

The Democratic presidential ticket has literally diverse voices.
While Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech is influenced by her
Californian origins, the way Minnesota governor Tim Walz talks
reflects his roots in Nebraska. In our podcast, linguist Nicole
Holliday expands on her viral TikTok analyses of Harris’s speech
patterns and the ideological stereotypes we attach to pronunciation
and intonation.  Recommended reading: Watch one of Holliday’s
viral TikToks Bilingualism Is Reworking This Language’s
Rainbow  Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language
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