Betty S Phillips | Indiana State University

Betty S Phillips

Indiana State University, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Faculty Member

Indiana State University, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Faculty Member |

Languages and Linguistics

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Lexical diffusion and competing analyses of sound change

Topics in English Linguistics, 2002

A little over 100 years ago, in 1885, Schuchardt planted the seeds of modern lexical diffusion th... more A little over 100 years ago, in 1885, Schuchardt planted the seeds of modern lexical diffusion theory when he noted that during a sound change “rarely used words drag behind; very frequently used ones hurry ahead”([1972]: 58). In 1969, Wang picked up Schuchardt&amp;#x27;s idea and expanded it, introducing the term lexical diffusion to describe the gradual effect of a phonological rule as it spreads to more and more words in the lexicon. Since then, a number of articles have found that word frequency does indeed influence the lexical diffusion of a ...

Two approaches to a phonological problem

WORD, 1980

Lexical diffusion, lexical frequency, and lexical analysis

Typological Studies in Language, 2001

In her 1985 book on Morphology, Bybee makes the following connection between word frequency and l... more In her 1985 book on Morphology, Bybee makes the following connection between word frequency and lexical analysis:&quot; High-frequency words form more distant lexical connections than low-frequency words. In the case of morphologically complex words... high-frequency words undergo less analysis, and are less dependent on their related base words than low-frequency words&quot;(118). Suppletive forms such as go/went exemplify this principle most dramatically. But the same principle can be seen in the process of linguistic change, ...

Lexical diffusion is not lexical analogy

WORD, 1998

Résumé/Abstract This paper refutes Kiparsky's claim that lexical diffusion behave [s] like l... more Résumé/Abstract This paper refutes Kiparsky's claim that lexical diffusion behave [s] like lexical analogy in every respect (1995: 643). Evidence from American English glide deletion, t/d deletion, and vowel reduction/deletion before/r/is elicited to demonstrate the gradient nature of lexical diffusion, as opposed to the quantal nature Kiparsky attributes to lexical analogy. Kiparsky's claim that the mechanism [for lexical diffusion] is analogical in just the sense in which, for example, the regularization of kine to cows is analogical is refuted by ...

Alfredian īo ~ ēo, reluctant function words, and Schriftbilder

Evidence and Method in Histories of English, 2000

Analogy, Borrowing, and Lexical Diffusion

Word Frequency and Lexical Diffusion, 2006

Nicknames and sex role stereotypes

Sex Roles, 1990

Since nicknames are a very fluid component of language, they become a useful tool for revealing c... more Since nicknames are a very fluid component of language, they become a useful tool for revealing current sex role stereotypes. A study of 380 nicknames collected from 175 young women and men ages 14–19 shows that males assign most nicknames and males receive more names based on surnames; also, connotations of strength, largeness, hardness, and maturity are typical of male nicknames. For female nicknames, physical attributes are more important, and connotations are typically of beauty, pleasantness, kindness, and ...