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Language and Variation: A Study of English and Persian Wh-questions [PDF]

Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2015
It was claimed by variationists that languages experience variation at all levels, which is supposed to be patterned. The present study aimed at exploring how variation occurred in English and Persian wh-questions.
Laya Heidari Darani
doaj  

Deletion of the Final Unstressed Vowels [] and [] in Minas Gerais Locations from the Linguistic Atlas of Brazil – ALiB

Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, 2019
The present study aims to investigate the deletion of the unstressed vowels [] and [] in the final syllable of paroxytone words occurring in four localities that are part of the ALiB Project – Pedra Azul, Teófilo Otoni, Diamantina and Montes Claros –
Maria do Carmo Sá Teles de Araujo ROLO, Jacyra Andrade MOTA   +1 more
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Bill Labov: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 309-316, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Bill Labov passed away peacefully at home on December 17, 2024, with his wife and fellow Penn linguist Gillian Sankoff by his side. He leaves behind a legacy so large that it is hard to put into words. All three authors were fortunate enough to have had Bill as our PhD supervisor (Laurel: 2012, Meredith: 2014, Betsy: 2018).
Betsy Sneller, Laurel MacKenzie, Meredith Tamminga   +2 more
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PALATALIZATION OF /L/: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL FACTORS

Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, 2016
This study deals with the variation of /l/ in pre-vowel position in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), more specifically the palatalization that occurs before high anterior segments, when following this phoneme.
Marilucia Barros Oliveira
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Overt and Null Subject Variation in Ammani Arabic: Distribution, Constraints, and Implications

Психолінгвістика
Purpose. This article investigates the distribution of overt and null subject pronouns in Ammani Arabic (AA) from a variationist perspective, identifying social and linguistic constraints that shape pronoun expression. The study examines how age, gender,
Рахаф Хатер, Марван Джаррах, Мохаммад Аль-Бадаві, Екаб Аль-Шавашрех   +3 more
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Raising of the Final Atonic Vowel /o/ in Irati, Paraná

Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, 2018
This research (with the support of CNPq, Process number: 443809/2014-3), based on the theoretical and methodological assumptions of Variationist Sociolinguistics (LABOV, 1994, 2008), sought to investigate the raising process of the mid vowel /o/ in ...
Lucelene Teresinha FRANCESCHINI, Loremi LOREGIAN-PENKAL   +1 more
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Social Salience and the Sociolinguistic Monitor: A Case Study of ING and TH-fronting in Britain [PDF]

, 2014
This article examines the role of social salience, or the relative ability of a linguistic variable to evoke social meaning, in structuring listeners’ perceptions of quantitative sociolinguistic distributions.
Ajzen Icek, Bassili John, Campbell-Kibler Kathryn, Cedergren Henrietta, Cheshire Jenny, Daily Telegraph, Docherty Gerard, Fazio Russell, Fazio Russell, Holmes-Elliott Sophie, Houston Ann, Jespersen Otto, Kerswill Paul, Kristiansen Tore, Labov William, Labov William, Labov William, Labov William, Labov William, Labov William, Loudermilk Brandon, Mathisen Anne, McGilliard Graeme, Moore Samuel, Niedzielski Nancy, Olsen James, Patrick Peter, Preston Dennis, Preston Dennis, Reid Euan, Schleef Erik, Silverstein Michael, Strand Elizabeth, Stuart-Smith Jane, Stuart-Smith Jane, Tagliamonte Sali, Tollfree Laura, Trudgill Peter, Trudgill Peter, Visser Fredericus, Watts Emma, Wells John, Williams Ann   +42 more
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A corpus‐based analysis of adjective amplification in Hong Kong, Indian and Philippine English

World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 3, Page 456-473, September 2025.
Abstract This study considers a corpus‐based approach for analysing adjective amplifier systems (very, really, so, etc.) in Hong Kong English (HKE), Indian Englsih (IndE) and Philippine English (PhiE) based on data from the International Corpus of English. The current study adds to existing research by providing insights into the understudied adjective
Martin Schweinberger
wiley   +1 more source

Changement grammatical et discursif en français multiculturel de la région parisienne : éléments de comparaison [PDF]

, 2017
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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Removing the Disguise: The Matched Guise Technique, Incongruity, and Listener Awareness

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 194-209, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Sociophonetic perception is often studied using versions of the matched guise technique (MGT). Linguists using this technique appear united in the methodological assumptions that participants believe the manipulation and that this belief influences perception below the level of introspective awareness.
Kyler Laycock, Kevin B. McGowan
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