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An Exemplar Dynamic Approach to Language Shift

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Sonya Bird
Sonya Bird*
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University of Victoria
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This squib presents an exploration of how Exemplar Dynamics (Hintzman 1986; Goldinger 1996; Pierrehumbert 2001) can be used to model the increased phonetic variability observed in language shift situations. It is based on a study of laryngealized resonants, as pronounced by three fluent speakers of St’át’imcets, a Northern Interior Salish language of British Columbia.

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 53 , Issue 2-3 , November 2008 , pp. 387 - 398
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association/Association canadienne de linguistique 2008 

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