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Download full textCheng, Chin-Chuan – 1993
Measurement of the mutual intelligibility of dialects of a language is discussed. The focus is on several theoretical constructs in measurement, illustrated with data from an earlier study of the mutual intelligibility of 17 Chinese dialects. Measurement procedures are also explained. It is proposed that mutual intelligibility is based on the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classification, Dialects, Language Patterns
Bickford, J. Albert – 1989
A study of dialectal variation in Mexican Sign Language (MSL), the primary language for a large segment of Mexico's deaf community, is presented. Signs used by nine different sources representing various locations, ages, and social groups are compared. The first section reviews a number of previous informal assessments of dialectal variation in…
Descriptors: Deafness, Dialect Studies, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Wigdorsky-Vogelsang, Leopoldo – 1978
This work is intended to find replies to practical questions, such as how well native speakers of Spanish are decoded by native speakers of English, which errors interfere with decoding by the listener, and what the implications of the study might be for teaching. Fifteen Chileans were asked to tell stories in English, and several panels of native…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, English, English (Second Language)
