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Dialect Variation Analysis

Dialect Variation Analysis is a methodological framework within sociolinguistics that systematically examines regional, social, or temporal differences in linguistic features to identify, quantify, and interpret the structural and functional distinctions among dialects of a language.

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372

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161

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2017–2026

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270

<b>American English</b> : Dialects and variation. By Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes. (Language in society 24) Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. Pp. xvii, 398.

John Algeo · Language · 2000 · 533 citations

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Measuring Dialect Pronunciation Differences using Levenshtein Distance

Wilbert Heeringa · 2004 · 464 citations · Full text

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The Study of Social Dialects in American English

Stanley M. Tsuzaki, Walt Wolfram, Ralph W. Fasold · TESOL Quarterly · 1975 · 430 citations

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The effect of experience on the perception and representation of dialect variants

Meghan Sumner, Arthur G. Samuel · Journal of Memory and Language · 2009 · 359 citations

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A Quantitative Approach

Robert G. Shackleton · 2005 · 295 citations

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Authors

372

  1. JN
    John Nerbonne

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

    h-index

  2. WW
    Walt Wolfram

    North Carolina State University, United States

    9 publications · 994 citations

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  3. WH
    Wilbert Heeringa

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    8 publications · 915 citations

    8

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  4. MW
    Martijn Wieling

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    8 publications · 556 citations

    8

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  5. BS
    Benedikt Szmrecsanyi

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    5 publications · 197 citations

    5

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1–5 of 372

Institutions

161

  1. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    435 citations

  3. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    850 citations

  5. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    120 citations

  6. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    250 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    322 citations

  8. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    203 citations

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Venues

  1. American Speech

    15 publications · 816 citations

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  2. Language

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

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  3. Language Variation and Change

    14 publications · 955 citations

    13

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  4. Language in Society

    11 publications · 652 citations

    11

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  5. Journal of Sociolinguistics

    11 publications · 674 citations

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