The locus of linguistic variation

"This volume explores how the patterning of surface variation can shed light on the grammatical representation of variable phenomena. The authors explore variation in several domains, addressing intra- and inter-dialectal patterns, using diverse sources of data including corpora of naturally-oc...

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Other Authors: Lignos, Constantine, MacKenzie, Laurel, Tamminga, Meredith
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Series:Benjamins current topics, volume 97
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Summary:"This volume explores how the patterning of surface variation can shed light on the grammatical representation of variable phenomena. The authors explore variation in several domains, addressing intra- and inter-dialectal patterns, using diverse sources of data including corpora of naturally-occurring speech and judgment studies, and drawing on lesser-studied varieties of familiar languages, such as Northwest British Englishes and varieties of Canadian French. Ultimately, the contributions serve to expand our understanding of the nature of the mental representations and abstract processes required to support variation in language"--
Item Description:Originally published as special issue of Linguistic Variation 16:2 (2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027263667
9027263663
ISSN:1874-0081 ;