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dc.contributor.authorFeleke, Tekabe Legesse
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-31T10:59:29Z
dc.date.available2023-08-31T10:59:29Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-27
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to examine linguistic and non-linguistic determinants that contribute to language change in the Gurage area of Ethiopia. The linguistic and non-linguistic determinants were investigated by combining methods of dialectometry and mutual intelligibility. Principally, the study was interested in the potential influences of three linguistic factors (mutual intelligibility, contact-induced diffusion of linguistic features, and borrowing from dominant languages) and four non-linguistic factors (between-speakers contact, geographical distance, population size, and attitude of the speakers). Statistical analyses performed on the aforementioned factors show that the linguistic determinants significantly contribute to language change in the Gurage area. Geographical distance, attitude of the speakers, and contact among the speakers are the major non-linguistic contributors. Population size has a marginal influence.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFeleke TL. Determinants of language change in the Gurage area of Ethiopia. Journal of World Languages. 2023en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2126992
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/jwl-2022-0024
dc.identifier.issn2169-8252
dc.identifier.issn2169-8260
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/30594
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherDe Gruyteren_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of World Languages
dc.relation.projectIDUiT Norges arktiske universitet: 2062165en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleDeterminants of language change in the Gurage area of Ethiopiaen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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