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Peer reviewedBaily, Guy; And Others – Language Variation and Change, 1993
This article uses data from the random sample telephone survey portion of the Survey of Oklahoma Dialects to explore the spatial diffusion of linguistic innovations in Oklahoma. The data show that, although some linguistic innovations diffuse hierarchically, others diffuse contrahierarchically, whereas still others diffuse in complex patterns that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Diction, Diffusion (Communication), Grammar
