Salience

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Sociolinguistics

Covariation & salience in linguistic contact: a sociophonetic study of liquid variation in Boston Spanish

A sociolinguistic variationist dissertation examining covariation across five Spanish variables in Boston's Puerto Rican and Dominican community, showing that low-salience features …

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Lee-Ann Vidal Covas
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Contact

Variation, Contact, and Change in Boston Spanish: How social meaning shapes stylistic practice and bilingual optimization

A study of six Spanish variables in Boston's bilingual community, finding that socially "weak" features converge toward English norms while socially "strong" features tied to …

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Daniel G. Erker
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Sociolinguistics

Covariation & Salience in Linguistic Contact

How the social noticeability of linguistic features shapes language use and adaptation in contact settings.

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