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Labov, William. 1963. The social motivation of a sound change. Word 19 : 273–309.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English

Annotation

L. reports his observation of a sound change (a shift in the phonetic position of the first elements of the diphthongs /ay/ and /aw/) in the context of the community life (on the island of Martha's Vineyard) from which it stems.

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