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“Dragon fly”: Lexical change, local scatter, and the national norm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Frank Anshen  and
Mark Aronoff
Frank Anshen
Affiliation:
Program in Linguistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Mark Aronoff
Affiliation:
Program in Linguistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook
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Abstract

In the New York area, there are three local terms for “dragon fly”: darning needle, dining needle, and diamond needle. We analyze the distribution of these terms and their relation to the national norm, dragon fly. (Language variation, dialectology, language change.)

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Language in Society , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , December 1982 , pp. 413 - 417
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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