Do People Tweet Like They Speak? A Study of Intraspeaker Variation
This study investigates young female speakers from Scotland to determine to what extent they use Scots dialect features in their written tweets and spoken language. It analyses the production of variation in phonology, morphosyntax, and lexis. The study finds that the speakers’ dialect does appear i...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh Library
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Lifespans and Styles |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lifespansstyles/article/view/1865 |