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Deflection in Flemish between the 13th and 20th Centuries: An Interplay between Analogical and Articulatory Factors.
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Gerritsen, Marinel – Language Variation and Change, 1992
The linguistic embedding, transition, and actuation of the obliteration of the gerund ending "-e" in the West Flemish dialect of Bruges is examined. The study shows that deflection (loss of inflections) started in the fourteenth century and is almost complete today. (33 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Consonants, Dialect Studies, European History, Foreign Countries
Socially Determined Variation in Ancient Rome.
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Joseph, 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
Etude morphosyntaxique du parler acadien de la Baie Sainte-Marie, Nouvelle-Ecosse, Canada (A Morphosyntactic Study of the Acadian Dialect of Baie Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia, Canada). Publication B.
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Gesner, B. Edward – 1979
A study was conducted of the Baie Sainte-Marie Acadian dialect, a particular form of the French language derived from the French spoken in France during the 16th and 17th centuries. The purpose of this study was to analyze and explain a certain number of morphosyntactic deviations from standard French, from both a synchronic and a diachronic…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects