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Looking at an example of a linguistic factor
In this video, Dr Sarah Kelly describes an example of a linguistic factor: the pronunciation of 't' in English words.
In this video, Dr Sarah Kelly describes an example of a linguistic factor: the effect of position in the word on how different variants of the ‘t’ sound in English words are perceived. Sociolinguists have to take account of linguistic factors – as well as social factors – when collecting and analysing data.
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An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity
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