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Synchronic Register Variation

Synchronic Register Variation is a linguistic phenomenon within the study of register variation that refers to the coexistence and functional differentiation of distinct language varieties associated with specific social contexts or communicative purposes at a particular point in time, distinguished from diachronic variation by its focus on contemporaneous linguistic diversity rather than historical change.

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<b>Dimensions of register variation:</b> A cross-linguistic comparison. By Douglas Biber. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xvi, 428.

Thomas E. Nunnally · Language · 1999 · 721 citations

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Utterance modifiers and universals of grammatical borrowing

Yaron Matras · Linguistics · 1998 · 556 citations

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The evolution of negation

William Croft · Journal of Linguistics · 1991 · 292 citations

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Optimality Theory and variable word-final deletion in Faetar

Naomi Nagy, Bill Reynolds · Language Variation and Change · 1997 · 187 citations

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Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to Linguistic Variation and Change

Dieter Wanner, Thomas J. Walsh · Modern Language Journal · 1990 · 133 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AS
    A. Seza Doğruöz

    Tilburg University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 163 citations

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    Ad Backus

    Tilburg University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 163 citations

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  3. JK
    Judy Kegl

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  4. BR
    Bill Reynolds

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    1 publications · 187 citations

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  5. JP
    Jennifer Pope

    Tufts Medical Center, United States

    1 publications · 51 citations

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  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  2. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  3. University of Warsaw

    Warsaw, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  4. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  5. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Tromsø, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  6. University of Turin

    Turin, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    82 citations

  7. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    292 citations

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  1. Language Variation and Change

    3 publications · 256 citations

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  2. Language

    2 publications · 772 citations

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  3. Diachronica

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  4. Modern Language Journal

    MLJ · 1 publications · 133 citations

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  5. Journal of Linguistics

    1 publications · 292 citations

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