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Books on: language variation

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Variation and Change in Spanish

Book by Ralph Penny; Cambridge University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Spanish Language--History, Spanish Language--Variation

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This book studies the differences of pronunciation and grammar that exist within the Spanish-speaking world, and traces their origins in the frequent mixing of dialects in Spanish-speaking communities from the Middle Ages to the present day. It emphasizes the subtlety and seamlessness of language ...
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This book studies the differences of pronunciation and grammar that exist within the Spanish-speaking world, and traces their origins in the frequent mixing of dialects in Spanish-speaking communities from the Middle Ages to the present day. It emphasizes the subtlety and seamlessness of language variation, both geographical and social, and shows how the constant process of mixing has rendered Spanish particularly subject to leveling of its linguistic irregularities and to simplification of its structures, both in Europe and later in the Americas.
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Language Universals and Variation

Book by Mengistu Amberber, Peter Collins; Praeger, 2002

Subjects:

Grammar, Comparative And General, Language And Languages--Variation, Typology (Linguistics)

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...paper) 1. Language and languages-Variation. 2. Typology (Linguistics...investigate aspects of natural language variation from a formal theoretical...types of constraints ensure language particular variation. The higher markedness...
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Language Change in Child and Adult Hebrew: A Psycholinguistic Perspective

Book by Dorit Diskin Ravid; Oxford, 1995

Subjects:

Hebrew Language--Acquisition, Hebrew Language--Inflection, Hebrew Language--Variation

Collections: Entire Library

...language--Acquisition. 2. Hebrew language--Variation. 3. Hebrew language--Inflection...1.2. Language Variation and Modern Hebrew...Perspectives on Language Variation , 20...
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Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English

Book by James Milroy, Lesley Milroy; Routledge, 1999

Subjects:

English Language--Standardization, English Language--Variation, Standard Language

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This influential and widely used book has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on linguistic discrimination on the basis of class, race and ethnicity. Other updated and expanded topics include:* The UK National Curriculum and arguments about linguistic correctness* new varieties of ...
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This influential and widely used book has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on linguistic discrimination on the basis of class, race and ethnicity. Other updated and expanded topics include:* The UK National Curriculum and arguments about linguistic correctness* new varieties of English (including African American English)* attitudes to language.These revisions ensure Authority in Language remains topical and up-to-date.
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Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and Literacy in the City's Neighborhoods

Book by Marcia Farr; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

Subjects:

Chicago (Ill.)--Ethnic Relations, Chicago (Ill.)--Languages, Chicago (Ill.)--Social Conditions, English Language--Illinois--Chicago, English Language--Social Aspects--Illinois--Chicago, English Language--Variation--Illinois--Chicago, Ethnic Groups--Illinois--Chicago, Literacy--Illinois--Chicago

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...aspects-Illinois--Chicago. 3. English language-Variation- Illinois-Chicago. 4. Ethnic...although it does not address variation within languages, only between them. Although...multilingualism and within-language variation in specific home and community...

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Journal Articles on: language variation

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A Phonological Account for the Cross-Language Variation in Working Memory Processing

Journal article by Him Cheung, Susan Kemper, E. Leung; The Psychological Record, Vol. 50, 2000

Subjects:

Chinese language--Psychological aspects, English language--Psychological aspects, Phonetics--Psychological aspects, Recollection (Psychology)--Research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...PHONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT FOR THE CROSS-LANGUAGE VARIATION IN WORKING MEMORY PROCESSING...processes contribute to the cross-language variation in regression slopes and (2...might also account for cross-language variations in short-term recall. Ellis...
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The Aramaic Language in the Archaemenid Period: A Study in Linguistic Variation

Journal article by Edward Lipinski; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 118, 1998

Subjects:

Books--Reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

The Aramaic Language in the Archaemenid Period: A Study in Linguistic Variation by Edward Lipinski...a grammar of the Aramaic language as attested by texts dating...that a study of the Aramaic language as represented by a relatively...
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On the Elusive Nature of Sex Differences in Cognition: Hormonal Influences Contributing to Within-Sex Variation

Journal article by Geoff Sanders, Marie Sjodin, Marianne De Chastelaine; Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 31, 2002

Subjects:

Cognition--Physiological aspects, Hormones, Sex--Physiological aspects, Human anatomy--Variation, Intellect--Physiological aspects, Sex differentiation--Endocrine aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Hampson, E. (1990a). Estrogen-related variations in human spatial and articulatory motor...familial sinistrality and androgeny on language laterality, verbal ability and spatial...music dichotic listening tasks reveal variations in functional cerebral asymmetry across...
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Grammatical Variation in Neo-Assyrian

Journal article by Maria Yakubovich; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 126, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Grammatical Variation in Neo-Assyrian (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Babylonian and Aramaic languages. The appearance...linguistics. The variations in the writing...works dedicated to variation in different periods of the Akkadian language have appeared so...The Neo-Assyrian variations investigated in...and into other languages have not been taken...
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Factors Influencing the Contrast between Men's and Women's Speech

Journal article by Malcah Yaeger-Dror; Women and Language, Vol. 21, 1998

Subjects:

Sexism in language--Research, Sociolinguistics--Methodology

Collections: Entire Library

...on which these analyses of language variation were made; it will propose...to be a critical element in language variation, and the research design was...P. (1989). The whole woman. Language Variation and Change (LVC) 1: 245-268...

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Magazine Articles on: language variation

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RELIGION, POLITICS, and the Fear of Whole Language Education

Magazine article by Gregory Shafer; The Humanist, Vol. 61, September 2001

Subjects:

Education--Laws, regulations and rules, Fundamentalism--Political aspects, Language acquisition--Research, Whole language approach--Political aspects, Whole language learning--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

...For Chomsky, a top-down approach to language learning is indefensible. It simply cant account for the variation, for the myriad uses of language that are unique, that reflect an inventive mechanism inside the child. "People," argues Chomsky, "come...
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Spanish Spit Fire: Flirty, Fun and Crammed with Fouettes, Kitri's Variation Wins Hearts-And Competitions. Here Are Tips from the Pros, Plus Some Eye-Cathing Spanish-Style Tutus

Magazine article by Nancy Alfaro; Dance Magazine, Vol. 80, October 2006

Subjects:

Ballerinas--Performances, Ballet dancers--Performances, Ballet--Appreciation, Ballets--Appreciation, Don Quixote (Ballet)--Appreciation

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...one time, there was even a "language of the fan" that every Spaniard...her very arm? The solo fan variation takes place during Kitris...flirtatious nature of the variation, and using the fan as an expression...again." Guerrero learned the variation in a week of daily two-hour...
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The Genetic Archaeology of Race - DNA Analysis Is Explaining Where "Racial Difference" Comes From-And What It Does and Doesn't Mean. the Study of Human Genetic Variation Has Become the Most Contentious Area in Modern Science

Magazine article by Steve Olson; The Atlantic Monthly, April 2001

Subjects:

DNA sequencers--Analysis, DNA--Analysis, Ethnoarchaeology--Research, Ethnology--Research, Genetic research--Analysis, Human genetics--Research

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...Studies of genetic variation usually focus on groups-Han...greater facility with language. Eventually the descendants...options in describing the variation they observe in people...foreheads, our nuanced languages, the light of intelligence...investigations of genetic variation are thriving. Researchers...
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Hidden Treasure: This Family House in Osaka Explores a Language of Exquisite Minimalism

Magazine article by Michael Webb; The Architectural Review, Vol. 221, May 2007

Subjects:

Architects--Works, Dwellings--Design and construction, Housing--Design and construction, Yantrasast, Kulapat--Works

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Hidden Treasure: This Family House in Osaka Explores a Language of Exquisite Minimalism. by Michael Webb Kulapat...surfaces. Floors of Cambodian red pine are enlivened by a variation in the width of the boards. Skinny roller blinds shade each...
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Shouldn't There Be a Word ...? the Holes in Our Language and the Never-Ending Search for Words to Fill Them

Magazine article by Barbara Wallraff; American Scholar, Vol. 75, Spring 2006

Subjects:

Expression--Analysis, Word (Linguistics)--Analysis, Word (Linguistics)--Usage, Words--Analysis, Words--Usage

Collections: Entire Library

...Next came a more serious and high-minded variation on the theme. The writer Jack Hitt asked...words do people want? Do the holes in our language tell us anything about our society? The...In a sense, of course, all gaps in our language tell us something about our inner lives...

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Newspaper Articles on: language variation

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Actor's Body Language; Christopher Lane Puts Physical Twist to His Roles

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 16, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Washington playing another variation on Frankenstein, the studly...the actors "enfleshment of language in an utterly physical way...visceral is primal, a universal language. It is the common language of humanity." He likes physical...
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Dull Animation, a Lot of Squalor in 'Godfathers'; Cycle of Bad Language, Violence as Tokyo Slum Trio Finds a Baby

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 6, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Dull Animation, a Lot of Squalor in Godfathers; Cycle of Bad Language, Violence as Tokyo Slum Trio Finds a Baby. Byline: Gary...especially in the area of expressive movement. A lurid urban variation on the classic Westerns "Hells Heroes" and "Three Godfathers...
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The History of Language Is More Than Word of Mouth; Words Have Evolved over Thousands of Years into Many Languages. Now a Liverpool Linguist Has Written a Book about Where They Come From

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 3, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...conversations and eaves are ... In a jiffy, the English language has us caught in its spell. This is a subject of endless fascination...old-timers say, Arright wack. Tulloch, 61, believes wack is a variation on the Gaelic mo mhac (my son), which was pronounced mo wack...
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Irishness Wryly Probed in 'Trad'; Language Flows with Gaelic Rhythm as Characters Reveal Love in a Family

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 1, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...their well-worn exchanges that are syncopated to a Gaelic variation on the ba-da-bing style of delivery. Sometimes, the back-and-forth...as father and son, their closeness conveyed not so much in language but in the way they lean in toward each other as if bracing...
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As Slick as a Parrot; Football Has Developed a Language of Its Own. Now a Book Has Been Written about the Game's Ancient Spoken Traditions. David Charters Talks You through It

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 14, 2004

Subjects:

Caesar, Julius

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...association in Association Football or, more probably, as a variation of the garment worn on the foot, sock-er. Seddon, who studied...This is his seventh book. ``I thought lets have a look at language and lets have a look at football and see if we can get them...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: language variation

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Language

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...classification. Variations in Language Individuals differ...considerable. These variations of a language constitute its dialects...Such linguistic variations in English are mainly...vocabulary. An auxiliary language is a nonnative language...
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Ablaut

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ABLAUT ap lout Ger.,=off-sound, in inflection , vowel variation (as in English sing, sang, sung, song ) caused by former...prehistoric period the corresponding inflected forms of the language (known through internal reconstruction) had differences in...
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Khoikhoi

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...physical type the Khoikhoi appear to be related to the San (Bushmen), i.e., they speak a variation of the Khoisan, or Click, language (see African languages ); they are generally much lighter in complexion than the neighboring Bantu. Historically...
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Natives, North American

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...families (see Native American languages ), while the common origin...though with considerable variation) Mongoloid features, coarse...to N California. The main language families in this area were...of the Rocky Mts. The main language families in this area were...
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Australian Languages

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the much smaller non-Pama-Nyungan group. Although their respective grammars exhibit a great degree of variation, the Australian languages still show many similarities. All of them inflect the noun, some having as many as nine cases. The verb...

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