The Relationship between Lexical Variation and Lexical Change.

Johnson, Ellen

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ERIC Number: EJ494941

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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The Relationship between Lexical Variation and Lexical Change.

Johnson, Ellen

Language Variation and Change, v5 n3 p285-303 1993

Reports on a longitudinal study of nearly 1,000 English words to determine differences in usage in the United States in the 1930s and 1990s related to age, sex, race, education, region, and rurality. The results indicated that males, whites, older speakers, and speakers from rural areas use more older terms, whereas most educated speakers use newer terms. (MDM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Attainment, English, Language Usage, Language Variation, Longitudinal Studies, Racial Differences, Regional Characteristics, Rural Urban Differences, Sex Differences, Sociolinguistics, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United States

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