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Linguistic Variation: History
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Linguistic variation refers to the coexistence of alternative linguistic forms within a language, including differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, morphology, syntax, and discourse patterns across speakers and communicative contexts [1][2]. Such variation may correlate with regional origin, social identity, age, social class, interactional setting, and communicative style, while remaining systematic rather than random [1][2]. In sociolinguistics, linguistic variation is analyzed through the distribution of linguistic variables and their variants across populations and contexts, as well as their relationships with social structure and language change.

  • Linguistic variation
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language varieties
  • Language change

References

  1. Elizabeth Closs Traugott; William Labov, Sociolinguistic patterns. (Conduct and Communication, 4.) Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972.. Lang. Soc. 1975, 4, 89-107, 10.1017/s0047404500004528.
  2. Cristina Bleor¸tu; Miguel Cuevas-Alonso; Sali A. Tagliamonte: Variationist Sociolinguistics. Change, Observation, Interpretation. Onomázein 2013, 11, 42-49, 10.7764/onomazein.28.21.
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