ABSTRACT This two‐part guide/research report introduces the Generalised Linear Mixed Model (GLMM) tree analysis technique to variationist sociolinguistics using (ING) variation in Canadian Maritime English (CME) as a test case. GLMM tree analysis combines the advantages of tree‐based recursive partitioning with the ability to include random effects in ...
Matt Hunt Gardner
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Talkin’ or talking? Phonological variation in the speech of London teenagers [PDF]
This paper analyses the (ing) variable in the speech of London teenagers. The study is based on a corpus consisting of approximately five hours of speech collected at Queen Mary’s College, University of London, in October 2012.
Costin-Valentin Oancea
doaj
On the development of a new standard norm in Italian [PDF]
This chapter provides an overview of the main topics concerning the restandardization process of Italian. We will first discuss some general issues related to the Italian sociolinguistic situation, paying special attention to the status of Italo-Romance ...
Cerruti, Massimo +2 more
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Variations in the Nominal Agreement in the Language Spoken in the Capital of Alagoas
Based on the theoretical-methodological assumptions of variationist sociolinguistics, the correlation between the usage of nominal agreement in Maceio and the linguistics of linear position, grammatical word class and the relation of grammatical word ...
Andressa Kaline L. Oliveira MARQUES +2 more
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From Geolinguistics to Variationist Sociolinguistics: a panorama of phonological variation
O Grupo de Trabalho de Sociolinguística da Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Letras e Linguística, desde sua origem, reúne pesquisadores voltados para estudos nas perspectivas da Geolinguística e da Sociolinguística Variacionista. São projetos que tratam, muitas vezes, de comunidades específicas, mas também que veem o uso espelhando ...
Hora, Dermeval da +1 more
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SOCIOLINGUISTIC VARIATIONIST ANALYSIS OF WORD-EMOTION LEXICON IN COOK ISLANDS ENGLISH ONLINE NEWS
This paper describes how journalists, in the Cook Islands, use sentiment lexicon when reporting online news. To do so, we employ Sentiment Analysis (SA) in combination with sociolinguistic variationist theory and logistic regression analysis. SA relies on the Word-Emotion Association Lexicon source (Mohammad & Turney 2013), which comprises 10,170 ...
Siria Guzzo, Carmen Ciancia
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Changement grammatical et discursif en français multiculturel de la région parisienne : éléments de comparaison [PDF]
Cet article cherche à comparer la variation et le changement dans deux domaines linguistiques, à savoir la grammaire et le discours. Il présente les résultats du projet « Multicultural London English – Multicultural Paris French » et s’interroge sur les ...
Secova, Maria
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Regional Variation in Mood Use in Spanish: A Comparison Among Three Spanish-Speaking Regions
The current investigation, couched within variationist sociolinguistics, has the purpose of advancing knowledge of regional variation in mood use (the subjunctive and indicative contrast) in Spanish.
Silvia Tort-Ranson, Aarnes Gudmestad
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Sociálně motivované variování výslovnosti cizích slov : Socially Motivated Variation in the Pronunciation of Loanwords [PDF]
This paper presents the findings of a study on loanword pronunciation in Czech, focusing in particular on the impact of four primary independent variables (age, sex, education, and region of origin, i.e. Prague / Brno) on loanword pronunciation.
Martin Havlík
doaj
Age and Accent - Changes in a Southern Welsh English Accent [PDF]
This paper describes the accent of Neath (South Wales) from a socio-dialectological perspective and deals with changes in the accent which are due to the non-linguistic factor age. In a direct interview with indirect questioning, 27 informants from Neath
Podhovnik, Edith
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