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Tagliamonte, Sali A.; D'Arcy, Alexandra – Language, 2009
What is the mechanism by which a linguistic change advances across successive generations of speakers? We explore this question by using the model of incrementation provided in Labov 2001 and analyzing six current changes in English. Extending Labov's focus on recent and vigorous phonological changes, we target ongoing morphosyntactic(-semantic)…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Phonology, Semantics, Grammar
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Liljencrants, Johan; Lindblom, Bjorn – Language, 1972
Work supported by a National Institute of Health Research Grant. (VM)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Auditory Perception, Contrast, Descriptive Linguistics
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Kehoe, Margaret; Stoel-Gammon, Carol – Language, 1997
Examines different approaches to prosodic acquisition: Gerken's S(W) production template; Fikkert's and Archibald's theories of stress acquisition and Demuth and Fee's prosodic hierarchy account. Results reveal that current approaches cannot account for findings in the data such as the increased preservation of final over nonfinal unstressed…
Descriptors: Child Language, Databases, Educational Games, Error Analysis (Language)