Alternative Models of Dialect Death: Dissipation vs. Concentration.

Schilling-Estes, Natalie; Wolfram, Walt

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ERIC Number: EJ591423

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Publication Date: 1999

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Alternative Models of Dialect Death: Dissipation vs. Concentration.

Schilling-Estes, Natalie; Wolfram, Walt

Language, v75 n3 p486-521 Sep 1999

Comparison of the moribund dialects of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, and Smith Island, Maryland, demonstrates that valuable insight into the patterning of variation and change in language death can be obtained by investigating moribund varieties of healthy languages. Discusses comparative investigation of two kinds of linguistic decay: dissipation and concentration. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns, Models, Oral Language, Socioeconomic Status

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Maryland; North Carolina

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