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Peer reviewedDesnickaja, A. V. – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Albanian, Consonants, Dialect Studies, Distinctive Features (Language)
Peer reviewedHeiser, Mary Margaret – Linguistics, 1972
Shortened version of this paper was presented in New York, N.Y., March 14, 1970, at the Fifteenth Annual National Conference on Linguistics sponsored by The International Linguistic Association. (RS)
Descriptors: Atlases, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects
Peer reviewedResnick, Melvyn C.; Hammond, Robert M. – Linguistics, 1975
Speech samples were obtained from college student Miami-area Cuban informants in an attempt to test the hypothesis that a compensatory phonemic change takes place in certain Spanish dialects in which syllable-final and word-final /s/ appear optionally as zero. Vowel system, distinction (open versus closed), and length are looked at. (SCC)
Descriptors: Cubans, Dialect Studies, Language Research, Language Variation
Peer reviewedCarenko, E. I. – Linguistics, 1975
Discusses the laryngealized (aspirated and glottalized) obstruent consonants in the phonological systems of the Quechua dialects of the Cuzco-Puno region and Bolivia. (RM)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies
Peer reviewedDillard, J. L. – Linguistics, 1974
Descriptors: Atlases, Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Geographic Distribution
Peer reviewedSt. Clair, Robert – Linguistics, 1974
Discusses the theories of various linguists concerning variation and argues that genetically related languages and related dialects are manifestations of the same linguistic phenomenon. (PM)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Diglossia, Language Research
Peer reviewedBilmes, Jack – Linguistics, 1975
Misinformation and ambiguity as features of social communication in Northern Thai villages are examined. The questions of how well Northern Thai villagers understand each others' verbal communications, and how accurate their statements actually are, are considered. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Dialect Studies, Mutual Intelligibility, Regional Dialects
