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Yaeger-Dror, Malcah – Language Variation and Change, 1997
Investigates the contraction of negatives in a corpus of discourse and writing in order to permit comparison of the relative influences of various linguistic and social parameters on contraction. Argues that pragmatic and morphological interpretation of negatives entails that negative contraction and auxiliary contraction should be distinguished…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Discourse Analysis, Language Variation, Morphology (Languages)
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Yaeger-Dror, Malcah – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Language variation within one "ethnic" group, Israelis of Middle Eastern origins, is examined. Focus is on evidence of systematic patterns in the use of three pronunciations for (r), demonstrating that subconscious sociolinguistic pressures on members of the minority community influence them to assimilate while still retaining…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cross Cultural Studies, Dialects, Ethnic Origins