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Language Variation

Language Variation is a linguistic phenomenon characterized by the systematic differences in language use that emerge across speakers, regions, social groups, or contexts within a speech community.

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2017–2026

517

Variants

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Language style as audience design

Allan Bell · Language in Society · 1984 · 2.9K citations

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<b>Language and social networks</b> . By Leslie Milroy. Oxford: Blackwell, 1980. Pp. xii, 218.

John Pride · Language · 1982 · 2.5K citations

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The language-as-fixed-effect fallacy: A critique of language statistics in psychological research

Herbert H. Clark · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1973 · 2.3K citations

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Variation and the indexical field<sup>1</sup>

Penelope Eckert · Journal of Sociolinguistics · 2008 · 2K citations

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Three Waves of Variation Study: The Emergence of Meaning in the Study of Sociolinguistic Variation

Penelope Eckert · Annual Review of Anthropology · 2012 · 1.9K citations

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Authors

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  1. SA
    Sali A. Tagliamonte

    University of Toronto, Canada

    21 publications · 3.2K citations

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  2. MM
    Miriam Meyerhoff

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. JA
    James A. Walker

    York University, Canada

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. BS
    Benedikt Szmrecsanyi

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. KS
    Kenny Smith

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    27 h-index

    53 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    82 publications

    5.4K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    25 h-index

    55 publications

    4.1K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    25 h-index

    51 publications

    10.9K citations

  5. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    22 h-index

    34 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    21 h-index

    39 publications

    3.9K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    21 h-index

    43 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    21 h-index

    42 publications

    3.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    88 publications · 14.8K citations

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  2. Language Variation and Change

    105 publications · 11.4K citations

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  3. Language in Society

    61 publications · 9.7K citations

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  4. Journal of Sociolinguistics

    52 publications · 7.6K citations

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  5. American Speech

    38 publications · 2.9K citations

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