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Peer reviewedBall, Catherine N. – Language Variation and Change, 1994
Examined synchronic and diachronic data for clefts and relative clauses in English, arguing that "it"-cleft complements do not differ syntactically from restrictive relative clauses. The diachronic data further show that cleft complements and restrictive relative clauses have changed together over time and at the same rate. (48…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Language Research
Peer reviewedvan Hout, Roeland; Muysken, Pieter – Language Variation and Change, 1994
Develops analytical techniques to determine "borrowability," the ease with which a lexical item or category of lexical items can be borrowed by one language from another. These techniques are then applied to Spanish borrowings in Bolivian Quechua on the basis of a set of bilingual texts. (29 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Databases, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedJoseph, Brian D.; Wallace, Rex E. – Language Variation and Change, 1992
Social implications of phonological and morphological variation in Classical Latin is examined. Arguments for the social factor are instances of hypercorrection, private and domestic instances of certain datives and Augustus' use of rural "domos" for "domus." It is understood in terms of the model of urbanization. (35…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Dialect Studies, Foreign Countries, Language Research
