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A linguistic variant is a particular form of a linguistic variable, representing one of the alternative linguistic features or realizations that occur within a language system [1][2]. Variants may differ in pronunciation, morphology, syntax, lexical choice, or other linguistic properties while serving comparable linguistic functions in a given context [1][2]. In sociolinguistics, linguistic variants are analyzed in relation to their distribution across speakers, social groups, styles, and communicative situations, including the linguistic and social factors associated with variation.
- Linguistic variation
- Linguistic variable
- Sociolinguistics
- Language variation
Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity • Language and Linguistics • Arts and Humanities • Social Sciences
References
- Elizabeth Closs Traugott; William Labov, Sociolinguistic patterns. (Conduct and Communication, 4.) Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972.. Lang. Soc. 1975, 4, 89-107. [CrossRef]
- Cuevas-Alonso, M. (2013). Sali A. Tagliamonte: Variationist Sociolinguistics. Change, Observation, Interpretation. Onomázein Revista De Lingüística Filología y Traducción. https://doi.org/10.7764/ONOMAZEIN.28.21
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