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Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
Abstract This book investigates evidence for the myriad factors which influence language variation and change, and considers how to best account for these factors in data collection and metadata coding. Given linguists’ increasing ability to preserve and share data, questions arise around the possibility of comparing data from different ...openaire +1 more source
1995
Abstract These last two chapters aim to integrate the central factors motivating synchronic variation and eventually diachronic change: surface opacity interacting with propensities towards Consistency, Transparency and Saliency. These are checked by Maturation, by the conservative force of Literacy, and by the evaluation measure of ...
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Abstract These last two chapters aim to integrate the central factors motivating synchronic variation and eventually diachronic change: surface opacity interacting with propensities towards Consistency, Transparency and Saliency. These are checked by Maturation, by the conservative force of Literacy, and by the evaluation measure of ...
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Linguistic Variation in Kipemba
Kipemba is one of four varieties of the Zanzibar Swahili cluster, spoken on the Island of Pemba by approximately 500,000 people. Kipemba has been understudied and under-documented for decades, resulting in a substantial shortage of linguistic literature, which aligns with the historical marginalisation of the island and its people.openaire +1 more source
A Corpus Linguistic Approach to Linguistic Variation
Literary and Linguistic Computing, 1988openaire +1 more source
Linguistic Variation and Change
The Modern Language Journal, 1993Joan M. Fayer, James Milroy
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