Teresa Pratt

Assistant professor of linguistics, SFSU

Assistant professor of linguistics at SFSU

Teresa Pratt on KCRW

Do all Californians sound like valley girls and surfer bros? An SFSU linguistics professor says there’s a kernel of truth in the overexaggerated accent.

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Do all Californians sound like valley girls and surfer bros? An SFSU linguistics professor says there’s a kernel of truth in the overexaggerated accent.

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