In search of patterns of historical language variation and user interaction (or: Who used what linguistic features with whom, when, where, why, and how?)

Authors

  • Mark Richard Lauersdorf

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2024-0047

Keywords:

data-driven, inductive analysis, language and identity, historical language documentation fieldwork, historical ethnographic fieldwork , tasks of historical sociolinguistics

Abstract

This essay presents a set of interconnected thoughts, considerations, and conceptualizations that address what it is that we are talking about when we discuss language variation and the interaction of language users in historical contexts, and how we research patterns of historical language variation and user interaction.

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Published

2025-06-12

How to Cite

Lauersdorf, M. R. (2025). In search of patterns of historical language variation and user interaction (or: Who used what linguistic features with whom, when, where, why, and how?). Journal of Linguistics, 75(3), 330–347. https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2024-0047

Issue

Vol. 75 No. 3 (2024): Jazykovedný časopis

Section

Studies

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Copyright (c) 2025 Mark Richard Lauersdorf

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