The Finnish language in post-utopian Sointula: the effects of frequency on consonant gradation

The Finnish language in post-utopian Sointula: the effects of frequency on consonant gradation

This research investigated the effect of frequency of language use on the production of consonant gradation by non-dominant speakers of Finnish in the immigrant community of Sointula, BC. Three types of frequency – word-frequency, suffix-frequency, and stem-frequency – were tested. It also investiga...

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Main Author: Saarinen, Pauliina
Other Authors: Bird, Sonya
Language:English
en
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Usage-based grammar
Frequency effects
Minority language
Finnish
Lexical access
Morphology
Morphological processing
Language attrition
Language shift
Language variation
UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Language::Linguistics
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1426

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http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1426

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