Browsing Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society 2008 by subject "historical linguistics"
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The erosion of Norman French dialect features: evidence from linguistic atlases
Published 2010-01-01This paper will investigate the replacement of one dialectal feature characteristic of bas normand (i.e. western Norman) – the evolutions of C+l – as attested in the Atlas linguistique de la France (ALF) (Edmont and ...Conference paper -
Is there any Evidence of Rhoticity in Historical Australian English?
Published 2010-01-01Australian English is traditionally regarded as having been non-rhotic throughout its history, but a recent study by Trudgill and Gordon (2006) has found rhoticity levels of 1% to 20% in audio recordings of six Australian ...Conference paper