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Phonological Diffusion

Phonological Diffusion is a theoretical construct in sociolinguistics that accounts for the gradual, non-uniform spread of phonological changes through a speech community, distinguished by its dependence on linguistic and social factors influencing the rate and direction of change propagation.

64

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5.7K

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86

Authors

49

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Authors

86

  1. WL
    William Labov

    California University of Pennsylvania, United States

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. MS
    Michael S. Vitevitch

    University of Kansas, United States

    3 publications · 162 citations

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  3. WY
    William Yang Wang

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    3 publications · 427 citations

    3

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  4. SJ
    Sarah J. Roberts

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 151 citations

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  5. JA
    Judith A. Gierut

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

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Institutions

49

  1. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    230 citations

  2. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    222 citations

  3. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  4. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  6. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  7. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  8. Keio University

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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  1. Language Variation and Change

    12 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. Language

    9 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. Phonology

    4 publications · 331 citations

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  4. Diachronica

    4 publications · 104 citations

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  5. Language in Society

    3 publications · 69 citations

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