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Milroy, James; And Others – Language Variation and Change, 1994
The empirical basis for this article is a series of studies of glottalization in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. These studies show that, while females lead in the use of glottal replacement, males prefer glottalization. This pattern is interpreted in terms of a preference of males for localized variants, whereas females lead in adopting supra-local…
Descriptors: Consonants, Dialect Studies, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns

Weldon, Tracey – Language Variation and Change, 1994
Provides a framework to describe the variability between negative auxiliaries in predicative constructions based on a quantitative analysis of data collected on African American vernacular English. Results indicate that, with the possible exception of the negative present variation, the alternations all belong to one underlying system. (56…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Language Variation, Negative Forms (Language)