Language Variation and Change

Reflexes of grammar in patterns of language change

Anthony Kroch · 1989 · 1.6K citations

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The intersection of sex and social class in the course of linguistic change

William Labov · 1990 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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The whole woman: Sex and gender differences in variation

Penelope Eckert · 1989 · 977 citations · Full text

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Word frequency and context of use in the lexical diffusion of phonetically conditioned sound change

Joan Bybee · 2002 · 889 citations

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Models, forests, and trees of York English:<i>Was/were</i>variation as a case study for statistical practice

Sali A. Tagliamonte, R. Harald Baayen · 2012 · 753 citations

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