Disorder and Regularity in Linguistic Change
1987; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 10; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0332586500001621
ISSN1502-4717
Autores Tópico(s)Phonetics and Phonology Research
ResumoThis paper discusses variation in liguistic change on the basis of the distribution of apocope in Central Norway. The results of a detailed study of the dialect of Oppdal, which are compared with studies on variation in linguistic change in other languages, show that the diffusion of morphophonological innovations may depend on various linguistic as well as extra-linguistic factors. The investigation seems to support the hypothesis that there is no basic difference between the mechanisms of system-internal change and change produced by external influence.
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