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linguistic distance: a standalone construct

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linguisticdistance1 CONSTRUCTLinguistic distance CHISWICK · SOCIOLINGUISTICS

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Sociolinguistics

how different one language is from another, measured for example by how hard it is for speakers of one to learn the other.

In sociolinguistics, linguistic distance refers to how different one language is from another, measured for example by how hard it is for speakers of one to learn the other. This meaning comes from Chiswick (2005) in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.[1]

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  1. Chiswick, B. R., & Miller, P. W. (2005). Linguistic Distance: A Quantitative Measure of the Distance Between English and Other Languages. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 26(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790710508668395

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