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Peer reviewedLane, Lisa Ann – Language Variation and Change, 2000
The case of dialect emergence in Thyboron, Denmark over the past century is discusses. A historical demographic profile from the town's census data enables comparative analysis of the input of dialects and various linguistic forms that were in competition. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
Peer reviewedMontgomery, Michael; And Others – Language Variation and Change, 1993
An analysis of letters written by 19th-century African Americans shows constraints on verbal "-s" marking that parallel those found in the writing of Scotch-Irish immigrants in the same time period and region, specifically a subject type constraint and a proximity to subject constraint. (MDM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
Peer reviewedde Olveira e Silva, Giselle M.; de Macedo, Alzira Tavares – Language Variation and Change, 1992
A study analyzed four major classes of discourse marker in Brazilian Portuguese: "ne" and other requests for feedback; "ai," a sequential connector; "ah, bom," and other turn initiators; and "assim," a marker of explanation. Distribution in various discourse functions and sociodemographic conditioning, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English
