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Peer reviewedArroyo, Jose Luis Blas; Tricker, Deborah – Language Variation and Change, 2000
Using the variationist comparative method, the status of ambiguous lone Spanish-origin nouns in Catalan discourse is determined by analyzing their distribution and conditioning and by comparing them to their counterparts in unmixed Spanish or in multiple-word code switches. Suggests that the grammar of these nouns is Catalan, and their categorical…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Code Switching (Language), Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
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 reviewedKerswill, Paul – Language Variation and Change, 1996
Models the spread of linguistic change by taking account of the ages of the acquirers and transmitters of change. The article focuses on three interlocutor combinations: parent-infant/young child, peer group-preadolescent and older adolescent/adult-adolescent. Findings suggest that borrowings are the easiest to acquire, while lexically…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Caregiver Speech, Change Agents
