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Variable rules analysis

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VARBRUL (variable rule) is a statistical analysis technique for language that originated in sociolinguistics in the early 1970s by Cedergren and Sankoff (1974). It was developed by linguistic researchers to quantify patterns of grammatical variation within a language.

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References

  • Cedergren, H.; and Sankoff, D. (1974). Variable rules: Performance as a statistical reflection of competence. Language, 50, 333-355.


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