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Peer reviewedKretzschmar, William A., Jr. – Language Variation and Change, 1996
Presents an objective quantitative analysis of separate dialect features from the "Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States." Findings suggest that a mathematical modeling of areal variation of dialect features, combined with a reassessment of traditional notions of dialect, could contribute to knowledge of language and…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Language Classification, Language Research, Models
Peer reviewedKerswill, Paul – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1993
The applicability of the notion of "speech community" in urban centers where considerable dialect mixing takes place is discussed. Labov's model is examined and four speech community criteria are emphasized: nativeness of speech community members, uniform patterns of linguistic variation, shared evaluation of features, and close…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classification, Dialect Studies, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedWoutersen, Mirjam; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
Uses Weinreich's (1953) partition of bilingualism to describe the effects of a small typological distance on the organization of the bilingual lexicon. Using standard Dutch and the dialect of Maastricht, subjects performed an auditory lexical decision task. (30 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Processes
