Changes in the Timber Industry as a Catalyst for Linguistic Change
Catastrophic Change “Catastrophic events have played a major role in the history of all languages, primarily in the form of population dislocations… [They] are more common than previously believed.” The rise of island tourism in Ocracoke in 1960s. Daily boat from Smith Island to mainland in 1974 Tra...
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BYU ScholarsArchive
2017
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| Online Access: | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6114 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/facpub/article/7042/viewcontent/171103_nwav46.pdf |
| Summary: | Catastrophic Change “Catastrophic events have played a major role in the history of all languages, primarily in the form of population dislocations… [They] are more common than previously believed.” The rise of island tourism in Ocracoke in 1960s. Daily boat from Smith Island to mainland in 1974 Traditional features typically lost; innovative features expand. Texas and Oklahoma after WWII Influx of immigrants in Eastern Pennsylvania. Migration across dialect boundary in New England. |
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