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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818651103321

Titolo

The locus of linguistic variation / / edited by Constantine Lignos, Laurel MacKenzie, Meredith Tamminga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 pages)

Collana

Benjamins current topics ; ; Volume 97

Disciplina

417

Soggetti

Language and languages - Variation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Locating variation in the dative alternation / Alison Biggs -- An extension of the comparative sociolinguistics approach for sociosyntax: Comparing a single linguistic constraint across multiple sociolinguistic variables / Philip Comeau -- Variant-centered variation and the like conspiracy / Aaron J. Dinkin -- Constant effects and the independence of variants in controlled judgment data / Bill Haddican, Daniel Ezra Johnson & Nanna Haug Hilton -- Variation as a testing ground for grammatical theory: Variable negative concord in montréal French / negative concord in montréal French -- The dynamics of variation in individuals / Meredith Tamminga, Laurel MacKenzie & David Embick.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--