stylistic variation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstylisticandvariation
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stylistic
adjective
uk/staɪˈlɪs.tɪk/us/staɪˈlɪs.tɪk/
relating to a particular style of ...
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variation
noun
uk/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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(Definition ofstylisticandvariationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is again astylisticvariationwhich is entirely optional.
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Examination of within-speaker variation across word list, conversational, and picture tasks allows us to characterize thisstylisticvariation.
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Stylisticvariationin a language restricted to private-sphere use.
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The amount ofstylisticvariationwill be contained within the status variation, which is itself contained within the bounds of the linguistic variation.
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Two models that attempt to describe and explainstylisticvariationhave held sway in the sociolinguistic study of the past two decades.
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The effects are larger for content words, presumably because variations in content tend to dominate other factors such asstylisticvariation.
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Forms that are social markers receive some over t comment and show somestylisticvariation.
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Stylisticvariationof a rather similar nature emerged for the second variable, (o:).
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A secondary aim is to examine how the balance between quality and quantity is affected bystylisticvariation.
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This question is addressed by examiningstylisticvariationin these forms.
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Stylisticvariationof the narrative texts was deduced from the type of text that the narrative was extracted from.
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Otherwise,stylisticvariationwould become a highly individualistic phenomenon (as personal as identity building can be).
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Thus,stylisticvariationsuch as the use of time adverbials can create environments that allow substrate-based functional reanalysis.
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The present data suggest that both basilect-dominant and acrolect-dominant speakers showstylisticvariation.
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As astylisticvariationit is probably widespread, though infrequent.
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There is a cer tain uniformity to these beads, with gross differences attributable to production stage as much as tostylisticvariation.
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Defining the terms "register" and "style", orstylisticvariation, has proven somewhat elusive in the course of the development of sociolinguistic study.
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Stylisticvariationof the type seen in (e:) and (o:) was not found for the other vowels in the system.
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Thestylisticvariationfor two of the remaining variables - possessive -s and plural -s - wound up being statistically insignificant.
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Ceramic types in this sense reflect both vessel function andstylisticvariation.
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