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Dialect Transmission

Dialect Transmission is a theoretical construct in sociolinguistics that refers to the intergenerational transfer of regionally or socially specific language varieties within a speech community, distinguished by its focus on the mechanisms and social conditions influencing the preservation or shift of dialect features across generations.

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34

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Cultural transmission of song patterns and dialect development in a free-living bird population

Peter F. Jenkins · Animal Behaviour · 1978 · 336 citations

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Determinism in new-dialect formation and the genesis of New Zealand English

Peter Trudgill, Elizabeth Gordón, Gillian Lewis et al. · Journal of Linguistics · 2000 · 207 citations

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Television Can Also be a Factor in Language Change: Evidence from an Urban Dialect

Jane Stuart‐Smith, Gwilym Pryce, Claire Timmins et al. · Language · 2013 · 205 citations

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New towns and koineization: linguistic and social correlates

Paul Kerswill, Ann Williams · Linguistics · 2005 · 175 citations · Full text

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Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change: Linguistic innovation in London

Jenny Cheshire, Sue Fox, Paul Kerswill et al. · Sociolinguistica - International Yearbook of European Sociolinguistics / Internationales Jahrbuch für europäische Soziolinguistik · 2008 · 152 citations

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Authors

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  1. PK
    Paul Kerswill

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 327 citations

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  2. RM
    Rajend Mesthrie

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  3. MC
    Myron Charles Baker

    Colorado State University, United States

    2 publications · 143 citations

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  4. BS
    Betsy Sneller

    Michigan State University, United States

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  5. JN
    James N. Stanford

    Dartmouth College, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

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Institutions

34

  1. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    52 citations

  2. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  3. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    87 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    47 citations

  5. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    562 citations

  6. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    362 citations

  7. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  8. Innovation Cluster (Canada)

    Peterborough, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Language Variation and Change

    4 publications · 417 citations

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  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 3 publications · 164 citations

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  3. Journal of Sociolinguistics

    3 publications · 207 citations

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  4. Language

    2 publications · 220 citations

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  5. Journal of English Linguistics

    2 publications · 38 citations

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