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Oladipo Salami, L. 1991. Diffusion and focusing: Phonological variation and social networks in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Language in Society 20 (2) : 217–245.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language use | phonological variability | social network

Language as a subject

Yoruba

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0047-4045

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper argues that the social network variable exerts a powerful influence on variation (phonetic/phonological) and potential change in (Common Spoken) Yoruba language usage in Ile-Ife, Southwestern Nigeria.