Diversity and Diachrony

Glenn G. Gilbèrt, David Sankoff

Language · 1988 · 128 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

This volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the 12th Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAVE), held in Montreal in 1983. It is divided into three sections: 1. Varieties of English and their history; 2. Change and variation in Romance; 3. Functions and discourse.