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A Quantitative Study of Gender Differences in the Ellipsis of the Japanese Postpositional Particles "-wa" and -"ga": Gender Composition as a Constraint on Variability.
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Takano, Shoji – Language Variation and Change, 1998
Focuses on gender-related variation in the ellipsis of the nominative particle "ga" and the topic market "wa" in Japanese. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Variation, Prepositions, Statistical Analysis
The Rate of Phrase Structure Change in the History of Yiddish.
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Santorini, Beatrice – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Examines the rate of phrase structure change in Yiddish, using quantitative methods to estimate the rate of change of structurally ambiguous verb clauses. Four subcases of phrase structure change are distinguished, three of which provide strong evidence for the Constant Rate Hypothesis of linguistic change. (MDM)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Classification, Language Research, Language Variation