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Migration, Accommodation and Language Change

Language at the Intersection of Regional and Ethnic Identity
By:B. Anderson
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230008861
eText ISBN:9780230582422
Edition:0
Copyright:2008
Format:Page Fidelity

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This work marries qualitative ethnographic methods to quantitative acoustic methods. The analysis describes how internal and external factors in phonological change differ and demonstrates how these two forces interact to structure the phonological systems of Appalachian and African American Southern Migrant speakers in the Detroit, Michigan area.