LanguageVariationandChange分析.pptVIP

Language Variation and Change Hauptseminar, WS 2007/8, Campus Essen Raymond Hickey, English Linguistics Language variation and change The above term is used in present-day sociolinguistics to refer to the small variations which occur in language and which are determined by external, social factors. These variations can and do lead in time to language change. They contrast with variations in language which are motivated by internal factors – structural features of a language – which can also lead to change, especially when this internal variation occurs during first language acquisition. Lang