linguistic variable
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflinguisticandvariable
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linguistic
adjective
uk/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/us/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/
connected with language or the study ...
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variable
noun[C]
uk/ˈveə.ri.ə.bəl/us/ˈver.i.ə.bəl/
a number, amount, or situation that ...
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(Definition oflinguisticandvariablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflinguistic variable
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A variationist definition of an isogloss would identify where quantitative or qualitative differences within thelinguisticvariableare found between speech localities.
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To base the characterization on just onelinguisticvariable, such as (aelig), is to commit the fallacy of circularity.
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But which socially diagnosticlinguisticvariable(certainly, phonetic variable) was ever created afresh?
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A multidimensional vector-format variable, indeed, can be treated as a unitary fuzzylinguisticvariableduring the fuzzy reasoning.
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Mapping language variation and change involves star ting with alinguisticvariablethat includes inherent variability within its scope.
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These statements express in quantitative terms the strength of association between a contextual feature and thelinguisticvariable(1996:253).
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This means that this rule node has little or no relation to this outputlinguisticvariable.
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An index was derived for each speaker for eachlinguisticvariable, and this became the input to the statistical analysis.
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In this way, any change in perceptual reaction to the samples can be reliably identified with the specificlinguisticvariable(s) under consideration.
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This can be seen quite clearly in the case of thelinguisticvariablewe have just examined.
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I then introduce and motivate the specific contact situation under study, the corpus, the dependentlinguisticvariable, and the social and linguistic factors considered.
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This analysis suggests that it is the speakers' recent environment that most influences thislinguisticvariable.
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Our results show that it depends on thelinguisticvariableunder analysis.
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Only a small modification needs to be made to the definition of an isogloss to allow the mapping of variation within a givenlinguisticvariable.
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She examines concepts of thelinguisticvariableand works through how it should be examined.
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Supralocalization is the spread of alinguisticvariablebeyond a local speech community.
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She strongly suggests that "circumscribing the variable context" of thelinguisticvariablebe both a starting point and ending point in variationist analysis.
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Models of the first type would seem to be incompatible with evidence that individual instances of alinguisticvariableare meaningful.
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Thelinguisticvariableof sonority affected participants with higher and lower vocabulary scores in largely similar ways.
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