UNIT 3. VARIATION ANALYSIS Flashcards
1
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What is the main concern of variation anlysis?
A
To combine both qualitative and quantitative techniques to study linguistic change at all linguistic levels.
2
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What’s the Telsur/Atlas project?
A
It’s Labov’s study of linguistic changes in North-American English.
3
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What is the notion of constraint?
A
The assumption that the overall information structure of a text imposes certain constraints on its parts.
