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lexical diffusion: a standalone construct

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Historical linguistics

proposal that a sound change spreads gradually through the vocabulary one word at a time rather than affecting all eligible words at once.

In historical linguistics, lexical diffusion refers to proposal that a sound change spreads gradually through the vocabulary one word at a time rather than affecting all eligible words at once. This meaning comes from Wang (1969) in Language.[1]

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diffusion6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs word3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Wang, W. S. (1969). Competing changes as a cause of residue. Language, 45(1), 9-25. https://doi.org/10.2307/411748

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