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Dialectal Dynamics—An Introduction
LanguagesThe study of dialects leads very naturally to the study of their geographic distribution and the nature of the distribution, e.g., by examining whether the distribution is based simply on geographic distance or on relatively distinct dialect regions ...
Alfred Lameli +2 more
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Tocharian and Historical Sociolinguistics: Evidence from a Fragmentary Corpus
Open Linguistics, 2017 The two extinct languages Tocharian A and Tocharian B comprise a small text corpus that consists almost exclusively of fragments. Nevertheless, the corpus shows linguistic variation.
Malzahn Melanie
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Japanese Lexical Variation Explained by Spatial Contact Patterns
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019 In this paper, we analyse spatial variation in the Japanese dialectal lexicon by assembling a set of methodologies using theories in variationist linguistics and GIScience, and tools used in historical GIS.
Péter Jeszenszky +3 more
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How pervasive is preaspiration? Investigating sonorant devoicing in Sienese Italian [PDF]
, 2004 We have recently found that voiceless geminates in Sienese Italian are frequently preaspirated, eg. /sette/ > [sehte] 'seven'. Within the few (mostly Scandinavian) languages that are reported to have preaspirated voiceless stops, a phonetically similar ...
Hajek, John, Stevens, Mary
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Researching Vulnerability in Multilingual Contexts: Trauma, Ethics, and Pedagogy
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the complex intersections of trauma, vulnerability, multilingualism, and ethics in refugee settings. Drawing on the author's personal experiences as a refugee academic and years of research in refugee English language education and noneducation contexts, it employs an autoethnographic approach to critically examine ...
Mohammed Ateek
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Métricas del ritmo aplicadas al estudio dialectológico del español
Estudios de Fonética Experimental, 2022 This paper reviews previous studies about dialectal variation of rhythm in Spanish and aims to analyse possible differences among Spanish spoken in Andalusia, Madrid, and Galicia.
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Variation in Onko Dialect of Yoruba
Macrolinguistics, 2020 This paper examined variation in Onko dialect using the family tree model and the corresponding comparative method as the theoretical tool. A wordlist of basic items and a designed frame technique were used to gather data for this study. The data were presented in tables and the analyses were done through descriptive statistics.
Gbenga Fakuade +2 more
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
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On the boundaries of translatability: dialectal textual variation
Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 2004 This article presents a brief account of the problem of translatability in texts dialectally marked. A definition of dialect and the assessment of this linguistic phenomenon in translation studies are discussed.
Sergio Bolaños Cuéllar
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CATEGORIZACIÓN FONÉMICA DE INPUT VARIABLE POR ESTUDIANTES DE ESPAÑOL COMO L2
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic LinguisticsEste estudio analiza la categorización de input fonético variable por estudiantes de español como segunda lengua (L2), centrándose en los desafíos de reconocer y adquirir vocabulario nuevo en un contexto caracterizado por una notable variabilidad en el
Sofia Fernandez +3 more
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