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language variation

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Dialectology: The Science of Language Variation and Regional Speech

Dialectology: The Science of Language Variation and Regional Speech Language is rarely uniform. From the subtle shift in vowels between neighboring towns to the distinct vocabulary of dif...

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Prestige in Sociolinguistics: How Social Status Shapes Language

Prestige in Sociolinguistics: How Social Status Shapes Language In the study of linguistics, prestige refers to the level of regard or respect accorded to a specific language or dialect w...

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