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A cognitively grounded measure of pronunciation distance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 In this study we develop pronunciation distances based on naive discriminative learning (NDL). Measures of pronunciation distance are used in several subfields of linguistics, including psycholinguistics, dialectology and typology.
Martijn Wieling +5 more
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From perceptual dialectology to perceptual multilingualism: a Hong Kong case study [PDF]
Language Awareness, 2021 This paper proposes perceptual multilingualism as a research interest within the broader folk linguistic enterprise. By drawing on the geolinguistic mapping tasks popular in perceptual dialectology – whereby participants are asked to draw and depict dialectal diversity in a given region – we show that perceptual multilingualism can elicit knowledge and
Nathan John Albury-Garcés
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Perceptual Dialectology and the Future of Slovene Dialects [PDF]
Slovenski Jezik, 2007 This paper is a description and analysis of a survey designed to ask questions about dialect usage and attitudes in Slovenia. The questionnaire was administered during November of 2005 at the University of Ljubljana and the University of Maribor. Overall, the survey of university students depicts a situation that is positive for dialect maintenance ...
Grant H Lundberg
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Subdivisions of Faifi Arabic: a perceptual dialectology approach
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThis paper investigates the perspectives held by native speakers of Faifi Arabic concerning the categorization of Faifi Arabic subdialects. Through the utilization of perceptual dialectology research techniques, participants engaged in two distinct tasks.
Abdullah Alfaifi
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Dialectality Measurement: A Research Model for Discussion
Lietuvių Kalba, 2023 The aim of this article is to propose a model for studying linguistic behavior and dialectality measurement for scientific discussion. To achieve the goal, the following tasks are set: 1) to briefly review and evaluate the previous studies on linguistic ...
Vytautas Kardelis
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Géolinguistique, 2021 This article studies contemporary Dublin English, within the theoretical framework of perceptual dialectology, using a digital corpus I created in 2020.
Christophe Coupé
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Correction: Subdivisions of Faifi Arabic: a perceptual dialectology approach
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsAbdullah Alfaifi
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Frontiers in Communication, 2022 This paper presents the results of the first study within a perceptual dialectology framework in the Greek-speaking community in Cyprus. Thirty participants from three age groups of equal size took part in a sociolinguistic interview.
Constantina Fotiou +3 more
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Is Creaky Voice a Valley Girl Feature? Stancetaking & Evolution of a Linguistic Stereotype
Anglophonia, 2021 The ‘Valley Girl’ stereotype came to be known in 1982 thanks to Frank & Moon Zappa’s eponymous hit song, which associated a wide variety of linguistic markers with the persona of a white, privileged, vapid, female adolescent. This ideological association
Pierre Habasque
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Lietuvių Kalba, 2020 The paper expands on the problem of sustainability of dialecticity, i.e. the conditions and the potential of the dialect codes in the regions of Lithuania based on the data of the project “Distribution of Regional Variants and Quasistandard Language at ...
Daiva Aliūkaitė
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