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Disorder and Regularity in Linguistic Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Hallvard Dørum
Hallvard Dørum
Affiliation:
Department of Romance Languages and Literature, Section B, Blindern 0315, Oslo 3, Norway.
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Abstract

This paper discusses variation in liguistic change on the basis of the distribution of apocope in Central Norway. The results of a detailed study of the dialect of Oppdal, which are compared with studies on variation in linguistic change in other languages, show that the diffusion of morphophonological innovations may depend on various linguistic as well as extra-linguistic factors. The investigation seems to support the hypothesis that there is no basic difference between the mechanisms of system-internal change and change produced by external influence.

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Research Article
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , December 1987 , pp. 137 - 150
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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