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Peer reviewedDorian, Nancy D. – Language, 1978
Simplification in structure and confluence between the local-language structure and the prestige-language structure are usually predicted in language death as in pidginization. For a dying Scottish Gaelic dialect, speakers were tested in the two most excessively complex morphological structures the dialect offers. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, English, Grammar
Peer reviewedLaferriere, Martha – Language, 1979
Examines the role of ethnicity, or the family and community, in determining linguistic variants (specifically, phonological variants) among Italians, Jews, and Irish in Boston. Implications for phonetic change and language acquisition are also discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Age, Community Influence, Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics
