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Tradition et changement phonétique dans une variété de contact : l’anglais de Lewis et Harris

Corela, 2018
From a grammatical and lexical point of view, the variety of English spoken in the Outer Hebrides is akin to Standard Scottish English (SSE). From a phonetic and phonological point of view, however, it is absolutely distinctive, mainly because of the ...
Stephan Wilhelm
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Nuovi fenomeni linguistici in Svezia. Un percorso tra le definizioni degli stili multilingui [New linguistic phenomena in Sweden. A path through the definitions of multilingual styles]

Open Journal of Humanities, 2019
Massive immigration waves to Sweden generated noticeable political, social and linguistic changes during the last forty years. Multilingual styles are a result of this incoming mobility.
Luca Gendolavigna
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Structural Change in Relative Clauses and the Autonomy of Heritage Grammars

Languages, 2022
This paper addresses the question of structural change in relative clauses in heritage speakers of two varieties of Venetan, a northern Italo-Romance language.
Alberto Frasson
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Towards a continuous modeling of natural language domains

, 2016
Humans continuously adapt their style and language to a variety of domains. However, a reliable definition of `domain' has eluded researchers thus far. Additionally, the notion of discrete domains stands in contrast to the multiplicity of heterogeneous ...
Breslin, John G., Ghaffari, Parsa, Ruder, Sebastian   +2 more
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Spatial evolution of human dialects [PDF]

, 2017
The geographical pattern of human dialects is a result of history. Here, we formulate a simple spatial model of language change which shows that the final result of this historical evolution may, to some extent, be predictable.
Burridge, James
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Using the Variationist Comparative Method to Examine the Role of Language Contact in Synthetic and Periphrastic Verbs in Spanish

, 2016
Language contact and linguistic change are thought to go hand in hand (e.g. Silva-Corvalán 1994), however there are methodological obstacles, such as collecting data at different points in time or the availability of monolingual data for comparison, that
Dumont, Jenny, Vegara Wilson, Damián
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Variation in Bantu copula constructions [PDF]

, 2019
This chapter provides an overview of variation in Bantu non-verbal predication and copula constructions. These constructions exhibit a wide range of fine-grained micro-variation against a backdrop of broad typological similarity across the Bantu family ...
Gibson, Hannah, Guérois, Rozenn, Marten, Lutz   +2 more
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Language Change and Migration: /s/ Variation in Lima, Peru

Languages
In Peru, large-scale migration from the provinces to Lima in the second half of the twentieth century has created a context of intense language and dialect contact.
Carol A. Klee, Rocío Caravedo, Brandon M. A. Rogers, Aaron Rendahl, Lindsey Dietz, Kha T. Tran   +5 more
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The MedSupport Multilevel Intervention to Enhance Support for Pediatric Medication Adherence: Development and Feasibility Testing

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction We developed MedSupport, a multilevel medication adherence intervention designed to address root barriers to medication adherence. This study sought to explore the feasibility and acceptability of the MedSupport intervention strategies to support a future full‐scale randomized controlled trial.
Elizabeth G. Bouchard, Hital Patel, Paula C. Vincent, Justine Kahn, Kira Bona, Thai Hoa Tran, Elisa M. Rodriguez, Kristopher Attwood, Kara M. Kelly   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voter Model with Time dependent Flip-rates

, 2011
We introduce time variation in the flip-rates of the Voter Model. This type of generalisation is relevant to models of ageing in language change, allowing the representation of changes in speakers' learning rates over their lifetime and may be applied to
Blythe R A, Crow J F, G J Baxter, Gardiner C W, Hubbell S, Labov W, Liggett T M, Masuda N, Sankoff G, Suchecki K   +9 more
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