On explaining stable dialect features: A real- and apparent-time study on the variable (en) in Austrian base dialects
Referring to the so-called “actuation problem”, stability and change are two equally important problems in every theory of language change. However, apart from some exceptions, up to now studies predominantly focused on change, while stable linguistic features have been rarely considered. To address...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2022-03-01
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Series: | Open Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2020-0168 |