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Phonological Divergence

Phonological Divergence is a linguistic phenomenon within the broader category of language divergence that specifically involves the systematic differentiation of speech sounds in geographically or socially separated varieties of a language, leading to distinct phonological systems over time.

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The Divergence Controversy

Guy Bailey, Natalie Maynor · American Speech · 1989 · 152 citations

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Will Dutch become Flemish? Autonomous developments in Belgian Dutch

H. Van de Velde, Mikhaïl Kissine, Evie Tops et al. · Multilingua · 2010 · 131 citations · Full text

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Locality and globality in phonological variation

Wendell Kimper · Natural Language & Linguistic Theory · 2011 · 126 citations · Full text

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PHONOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF ETHNIC IDENTITY: EVIDENCE OF DIVERGENCE?

Matthew J. Gordon · American Speech · 2000 · 111 citations

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Phonological diversity, word length, and population sizes across languages: The ASJP evidence

Søren Wichmann, Taraka Rama, Eric W. Holman · Linguistic Typology · 2011 · 59 citations

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Authors

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  1. MJ
    Matthew J. Gordon

    University of Missouri, United States

    1 publications · 111 citations

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  2. SV
    Sander van der Harst

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    1 publications · 131 citations

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  3. SM
    Steven Moran

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. RA
    Robert A. Hall

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    1 publications · 48 citations

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  5. TR
    Taraka Rama

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    1 publications · 59 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  2. Eastern Michigan University

    Ypsilanti, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  4. South College

    Knoxville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    126 citations

  5. University of Neuchâtel

    Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    131 citations

  7. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    126 citations

  8. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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  1. American Speech

    2 publications · 263 citations

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  3. Multilingua

    1 publications · 131 citations

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  4. Linguistic Typology

    1 publications · 59 citations

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  5. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 1 publications · 16 citations

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