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Chicano English Evidence for the Exponential Hypothesis: A Variable Rule Pervades Lexical Phonology.

Santa Ana A., Otto – Language Variation and Change, 1992
Guy's hypothesized linkage between empirical linguistics and formal linguistic theory is supported in a study of the English of 45 Chicanos from Los Angeles, which as a recently formed dialect provides an interesting test case. Age differences are found in the morphological classes associated with /-t,d/ deletion. (13 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Theory

Cardoso, Walcir – Language Variation and Change, 2001
Offers an optimality theoretic account for the phonological process of across-word regressive assimilation (AWRA) in Picard, a Gallo-Romance dialect spoken in the Picardie region in Northern France and Southern Belgium. Focuses on the varieties spoken in the Vimeu region of France. Examines one particular topic in the analysis of AWRA: the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory

Silva, David James – Language Variation and Change, 1997
Conversational data from a native speaker of European Portuguese from the island of Faial were analyzed to determine segmental and prosodic contexts favoring unstressed vowel deletion. Factors such as rhythmic preservation, syllable structure, and functional load are discounted in the analysis, suggesting vowel deletion is essentially a word-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory

Nagy, Naomi; Reynolds, Bill – Language Variation and Change, 1997
Examines a pattern of end-of-word deletion in Faetar, a Francoprovencal dialect spoken in southern Italy, and considers synchronic variants. The article uses the word "deletion" as a synchronic description of the fact that speakers do not always phonetically produce everything in the input form. Optimality Theory accounts for such…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Foreign Countries, French

Yaeger-Dror, Malcah – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Language variation within one "ethnic" group, Israelis of Middle Eastern origins, is examined. Focus is on evidence of systematic patterns in the use of three pronunciations for (r), demonstrating that subconscious sociolinguistic pressures on members of the minority community influence them to assimilate while still retaining…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cross Cultural Studies, Dialects, Ethnic Origins

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