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Gutierrez, Manuel J. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1994
Examines the role of the educational and socioeconomic levels of the speakers in advancing linguistic change. The study reviews three grammatical phenomena found at distinct stages of change. Individuals at the lower socioeconomic and educational strata of society embrace innovations in language more readily than their affluent and educated…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Status Comparison, Foreign Countries, Grammar