Publications

Publication details [#44918]

Kochetov, Alexei. 2006. The role of social factors in the dynamics of sound change: A case study of a Russian dialect. Language Variation and Change 18 : 99–119.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

phonological change | sociolinguistics | sound change | standard1 vs. dialect2

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This sociolinguistic study of a Northern Russian dialect, spoken in Pokcha, a small rural community in the Western Urals, explores two sound changes in progress and the role of the social factors of age, sex, education and mobility, in defining their dynamics.