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Are we witnessing a renesance of the dialectology? [PDF]

Južnoslovenski Filolog, 2014
Slavistics is a relatively young linguistic discipline. Its beginnings, in the period of domination of the historical linguistics, are characterized with the rapid development of the “classical“ dialectology, which means field-work in the domain
Topolinjska Zuzana V.
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The origin of semilingualism: Nils‐Erik Hansegård and the cult of the mother tongue

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 506-525, November 2023., 2023
Abstract ‘Semilingualism’ is one of the most questionable theories produced in the language sciences. Yet, little is known about its origins. We present a critical account of the history of semilingualism, tracing its roots in the work of Nils Erik Hansegård, (1918–2002), inaugural chair of Sámi at Umeå University (1975–1979), who developed a theory of
David Karlander, Linus Salö
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Between Fact and Fantasy: Early Sources on Oirat Historical Dialectology

Oriental Studies, 2021
The article presents the results of a linguistic analysis of three early sources on Oirat historical dialectology, Rashīd al-Dīn’s Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh (Compendium of Chronicles, completed between 1306 and 1311) and the Mongol chronicles Sir-a tuγuǰi ...
Pavel O. Rykin
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Varieties of ‘standard accents’ among teachers in contemporary Britain

World Englishes, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 507-522, September 2023., 2023
Abstract This article investigates accent variation within the UK, applied to the professional context of teaching. The purpose is two‐fold: first, to discuss a variety of accents in contemporary Britain, demonstrating how accents can be categorised based on the degree to which they mark the speaker's local origins.
Alex Baratta
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Is This Verb a Word? A philological Study of the Distribution of Phonological and Morphological Domains in the Middle Welsh Verb

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 1, Page 117-151, March 2023., 2023
Abstract The—for European languages—large amount of bound elements in the older Insular Celtic languages and the array of phonological interactions within morphological and phrasal structures have lead several researchers to conclude that individual words play a lesser role in the grammars of those languages.
Stefan Dedio
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T‐tapping in Standard Southern British English: An ‘elite’ sociolinguistic variant?

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 26, Issue 2, Page 287-298, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Social class is one of the key axes of sociolinguistic variation, but the speech of those at the top of the class spectrum—the elite—is rarely studied. While T‐glottalling has spread widely across British English accents, a competing variant—T‐tapping—has attracted little scholarly attention in the United Kingdom. This article presents a study
Roy Alderton
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Dialectal Layers in West Iranian: A Hierarchical Dirichlet Process Approach to Linguistic Relationships1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 120, Issue 1, Page 1-31, March 2022., 2022
Abstract This paper addresses a series of complex and unresolved issues in the historical phonology of West Iranian languages, (Persian, Kurdish, Balochi, and other languages), which display a high degree of irregular, non‐Lautgesetzlich behaviour.
Chundra A. Cathcart
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Social class across borders: Transnational elites in British ideological space

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 25, Issue 5, Page 682-702, November 2021., 2021
Abstract Studies of generational dialect change in diaspora communities have tended to find that local forces outweigh transnational ones: parent varieties are rejected as too saliently foreign, and transnational effects fade in later generations. Examining the speech of second‐generation British Asians, I document this initial shift away from the low ...
Devyani Sharma
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Su Luigi Heilmann e la linguistica strutturale

Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese, 2023
This paper aims to describe Luigi Heilmann’s structural point of view. A philologist and linguist, a specialist in Indology, Semitistics, and Romance dialectology, he subscribed to the Prague School functional perspective and put his structural method ...
Giovanni Gobber
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/h/‐dropping and occupational role in Stoke‐on‐Trent's pottery industry

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 25, Issue 3, Page 350-373, June 2021., 2021
Abstract This article examines /h/‐dropping in the occupational community of Stoke‐on‐Trent's pottery industry. Using oral history interviews, the article presents quantitative statistical analysis of linguistic and social factors influencing /h/‐variation among these speakers, showing that specific occupational department is the best social predictor ...
Hannah Leach
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